Black Skin, Blue Books: African Americans and Wales, 1845-1945

by Daniel G. Williams

Black Skin, Blue Books is a major contribution to the field of comparative transatlantic studies, as it analyzes the ways in which African Americans and the Welsh have defined themselves as minorities within larger nation states. This volume examines friendships and cultural exchanges between African Americans and the Welsh, such as actor Paul Robeson's connections with socialists in Welsh mining communities and novelist Ralph Ellison's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0708319874
• ISBN13: 9780708319871
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.4"