George Washington Williams - A Biography
Hardcover The University of Chicago Press, 1985 Very Good Condition in Very Good Dust Jacket
Book Publishing Details
| Author: | John Hope Franklin |
| Full title: | George Washington Williams - A Biography |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press, 1985 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| ISBN: | 0226260836 |
| EAN: | 9780226260839 |
| Pages: | 348 |
| Book ID: | 230684 |
Comments & Item Features
Category: Biography. Language: English. ISBN: 0226260836. EAN: 9780226260839.
In George Washington Williams, John Hope Franklin reconstructs the life of the controversial, self-made black intellectual who wrote the first history of African Americans in the United States. Awarded the Clarence L. Holte Literary Prize, this book traces Franklin�s forty-year quest for Williams�s story, a story largely lost to history until this volume was first published in 1985. The result, part biography and part social history, is a unique consideration of a pioneering historian by his most distinguished successor.Williams, who lived from 1849 to 1891, had a remarkable career as soldier, minister, journalist, lawyer, politician, freelance diplomat, and African traveler, as well as a historian. While Franklin reveals the accomplishments of this neglected figure and emphasizes the racism that curtailed Williams�s many talents, he also highlights the personal weaknesses that damaged Williams�s relationships and career. Williams led the way in presenting African American history accurately through the use of oral history and archival research, sought to legitimize it as a field of historical study, and spoke out in support of an American Negro Historical Society and as a critic of European imperialism in Africa. He also became erratic and faithless to his family and creditors and died at the age of forty-one, destitute and alienated from family and friends. George Washington Williams is nothing less than a classic biography of a brilliant though flawed individual whose History of the Negro Race in America remains a landmark in African American history and American intellectual history.
In George Washington Williams, John Hope Franklin reconstructs the life of the controversial, self-made black intellectual who wrote the first history of African Americans in the United States. Awarded the Clarence L. Holte Literary Prize, this book traces Franklin�s forty-year quest for Williams�s story, a story largely lost to history until this volume was first published in 1985. The result, part biography and part social history, is a unique consideration of a pioneering historian by his most distinguished successor.Williams, who lived from 1849 to 1891, had a remarkable career as soldier, minister, journalist, lawyer, politician, freelance diplomat, and African traveler, as well as a historian. While Franklin reveals the accomplishments of this neglected figure and emphasizes the racism that curtailed Williams�s many talents, he also highlights the personal weaknesses that damaged Williams�s relationships and career. Williams led the way in presenting African American history accurately through the use of oral history and archival research, sought to legitimize it as a field of historical study, and spoke out in support of an American Negro Historical Society and as a critic of European imperialism in Africa. He also became erratic and faithless to his family and creditors and died at the age of forty-one, destitute and alienated from family and friends. George Washington Williams is nothing less than a classic biography of a brilliant though flawed individual whose History of the Negro Race in America remains a landmark in African American history and American intellectual history.
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Book Condition: Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket: Very Good. Dust jacket has light fading to spine edge. Illustrated with black and white photographs. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos.
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BZDB43 Biography; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0226260836 EAN: 9780226260839 John Hope Franklin George Washington Williams - A Biography