Black Moses: The Story of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association

By E. David Cronon

Book Overview

Famous for iconic images of the rural Midwest such as American Gothic, Politics in Missouri, and Baptism in Kansas Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Steuart Curry have long been lumped together under the rubric the "Regionalists." James M. Dennis offers a fresh and sophisticated look at the modernist tendencies of this trio of American painters, arguing that the individual styles of Wood, Benton, and Curry were both mislabeled and misunderstood. Revisiting the artistic and political culture of America between the World Wars, he shows that critics and ideologues from Time Magazine to the Partisan Review pigeonholed, praised, or pilloried the Regionalists to serve their own critical intentions.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029901214X
• ISBN13: 9780299012144
• Release Date: March 1960
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Honest and Informative

Knowing only of the name "Marcus Garvey," I set about reading this book to get a better understanding of Garvey's beliefs and perceptions on race relations in the 1920's and 1930's. This book fit the billing, with an honest account of the victories, defeats, embarassments, and lasting effects of Marcus Garvey's legacy. Unforunately, Marcus Garvey was never spoken of in my high school or college history courses. This book provides a great starting point for understanding the conditions in 1920's America, which allowed Marcus Garvey to gather such a large and faithful following.