{"product_id":"atlas-of-africanamerican-history-multicultural-atlas-9780816067138","title":"Atlas of African-American History (Multicultural Atlas)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePraise for the previous edition: \"Notable for its large format and attractive designwell writtenmaps are well chosen and clearrecommended for secondary school or lower-division undergraduate collections.\" Choice  \"This excellent atlas of facts should be in the holdings of any serious Afro-American reference book collection...easy to browse and read...Highly recommended.\" Midwest Book Review  Building on the authoritative text of the first edition  Atlas of African-American History  Revised Edition chronicles the important cultural  historical  political  and social experiences of African Americans through the years. Completely updated and revised  this fascinating book features more than 70 full-color maps that engage readers with easy-to-grasp facts  figures  and images of everyday life. Ten new black-and-white photographs  eight new full-color photographs  and four new line illustrations enliven the text.  Coverage includes: The dramatic 1839 journey of the Amistad  including its successful slave rebellion The labor activism of Albert and Lucy Parsons  an interracial couple who led the eight-hour-day movement and the national railroad strike The accomplishments of Matthew Henson  who  with Robert Peary  discovered the North Pole in 1909 The postWorld War II influences that drove the economic rise of a new black middle class Analysis of how the cultural contributions of writers  actors  athletes  musicians  and other artists helped define American culture during the 1960s and 1970s The rise of hip-hop and rap from a local South Bronx phenomenon into a powerful industry capable of launching other businesses Demographic profiles of the health  education  employment  income  spending habits  homeownership  and other benchmarks of African Americans  as well as how these compare with those of other Americans The powerful role of theater  comedy  TV  and film in presenting and shaping the image of African Americans from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s The persistent social  racial  and economic issues that still confront America  as highlighted by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651825197109,"sku":"ByrdShop_0816067139","price":66.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780816067138.jpg?v=1781841323","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/atlas-of-africanamerican-history-multicultural-atlas-9780816067138","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}