The Civil Rights Movement

by Mark Newman

Book Overview

This introduction to the Civil Rights Movement synthesises its history, explaining its origins, development and results as well as historiographical debates. A survey based on a wealth of recent scholarship, it provides a critical perspective on the movement, eschewing the celebratory tone that pervades much of the current literature, and taking into account the African-American community's diversity.Mark Newman outlines the range of white responses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748615938
• ISBN13: 9780748615933
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"