{"product_id":"the-oxford-w-e-b-du-bois-reader","title":"The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois Reader encompasses the whole of Du Boiss long and multifaceted writing career  from the 1890s through the early 1960s. The volume selects key essays and longer works that portray the range of Du Boiss thought on such subjects as African American culture  the politics and sociology of American race relations  art and music  black leadership  gender and womens rights  Pan-Africanism and anti-colonialism  and Communism in the U.S. and abroad. Chronologically  the volume stretches from definitive early essays such as \"The Conservation of Races\" to later works such as \"Africa and World Peace\" and \"Gandhi and the American Negro.\" Du Boiss most famous book  The Souls of Black Folk (1903)  and his landmark work on colonialism  Darkwater (1920)  which contains many of his best-known shorter essays  such as \"The African Roots of the War \" \"On Being Black \" and \"The Burden of Black Women \" are both printed in their entirety. Key chapters drawn from full-length studies  including The Philadelphia Negro  The Gift of Black Folk  Black Reconstruction  Dusk of Dawn  The World and Africa  In Battle for Peace  and Du Boiss posthumous autobiography are supplemented by dozens of shorter essays covering topics in literature  education  African politics  urban studies  and American foreign policy. Individual essays and selections from longer works also illustrate Du Boiss skillful biographical studies of historical figures such as Toussaint LOuverture  Phillis Wheatley  Abraham Lincoln  and John Brown  as well as contemporaries like Booker T. Washington  Marcus Garvey  Kwame Nkrumah  Paul Robeson  and Joseph Stalin. Supplemented by an extensive critical introduction and headnotes to major works and topics  theOxford Reader offers the most extensive compilation of Du Boiss writings now available.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946990858293,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195091787","price":70.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195091786.jpg?v=1769976348","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-w-e-b-du-bois-reader","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}