The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness
- ISBN-10
- 0860916758
- ISBN-13
- 9780860916758
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 261
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Verso
- Author
- Paul Gilroy
Description
An account of the location of black intellectuals in the modern world following the end of racial slavery. The lives and writings of key African Americans such as Martin Delany, W.E.B. Dubois, Frederick Douglas and Richard Wright are examined in the light of their experiences in Europe and Africa.
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