Picture 1 of 1

Stock photo

The Derrick Bell Reader (Paperback or Softback) - Picture 1 of 1

Critical America Ser.: Derrick Bell Reader by Jean Stefancic (2005, Perfect)

5.01 product rating

Bargain Book Stores (1142450)

99.3% positive Feedback

Price:

US $46.94

Approximately£34.83

+ $10.50 postage

Estimated delivery Mon, 13 Oct - Mon, 3 Nov

Returns:

No returns, but backed by the eBay Money Back Guarantee.

Condition:

New

Format: Paperback or Softback. Your Privacy. ISBN: 9780814719701. Condition Guide. Item Availability.

About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherNew York University Press

ISBN-100814719708

ISBN-139780814719701

eBay Product ID (ePID)109303932

Product Key Features

Number of Pages493 Pages

Publication NameDerrick Bell Reader

LanguageEnglish

SubjectCivil Rights, General

Publication Year2005

TypeTextbook

AuthorJean Stefancic

Subject AreaLaw, Biography & Autobiography

SeriesCritical America Ser.

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight25.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-006790

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsFor those who agree, or disagree, with Bell's radical departure from accepted racial notions, The Derrick Bell Reader offers plenty to dissect. The book could not have arrived at a better time., ( "A masterful introduction to a new kind of history, one that looks to the past to illuminate the most basic aspects of contemporary behavior, from parenting practices and consumer behavior to the rise of the hospice and the growing acceptance of oral sex. This is one of those seminal books that radically transforms the way we look at the present and the past." )-(Steven Mintz),(author of Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood ), "Derrick Bell's impressive body of scholarship continues to inspire generations of readers by inviting them into an extended conversation between him and a community of people who gave life to his vision and generously shared their own wisdom in search of justice." -Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres,co-authors of The Miner's Canary, "Biting, intense, full of dramatic surprises and brilliant insights, Bell's work is the antidote to all the feel-good narratives of racial change." - Duncan Kennedy, author ofLegal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy, Finally, the essence of Derrick Bell as a scholar, teacher, and activist is captured in The Derrick Bell Reader. Bell's remarkable career, as a civil rights attorney, scholar on race and justice, and activist promoting the rights of all citizens, is fully addressed. It is a great read., Derrick Bells impressive body of scholarship continues to inspire generations of readers by inviting them into an extended conversation between him and a community of people who gave life to his vision and generously shared their own wisdom in search of justice., "For those who agree, or disagree, with Bell's radical departure from accepted racial notions,The Derrick Bell Readeroffers plenty to dissect. The book could not have arrived at a better time." - Brian Gilmore, Howard University School of Law, "Finally, the essence of Derrick Bell as a scholar, teacher, and activist is captured in the Derrick Bell Reader. Bell's remarkable career, as a civil rights attorney, scholar on race and justice, and activist promoting the rights of all citizens, is fully addressed. It is a great read." - Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., author ofAll Deliberate Speed, Derrick Bell's impressive body of scholarship continues to inspire generations of readers by inviting them into an extended conversation between him and a community of people who gave life to his vision and generously shared their own wisdom in search of justice., Biting, intense, full of dramatic surprises and brilliant insights, Bell's work is the antidote to all the feel-good narratives of racial change., Finally, the essence of Derrick Bell as a scholar, teacher, and activist is captured in the Derrick Bell Reader. Bells remarkable career, as a civil rights attorney, scholar on race and justice, and activist promoting the rights of all citizens, is fully addressed. It is a great read., A growing number of scholars have helped us understand the laws impact on both the major events and the minutia of our daily lives. It's safe to say, however, that few do so with the provocative verve and vigor of Derrick Bell. This volume is a must read for long-time followers of Derrick Bells work as well as casual readers looking for material that is both intellectually stimulating and entertaining., Finally, the essence of Derrick Bell as a scholar, teacher, and activist is captured in the Derrick Bell Reader. Bell's remarkable career, as a civil rights attorney, scholar on race and justice, and activist promoting the rights of all citizens, is fully addressed. It is a great read., "For those who agree, or disagree, with Bell's radical departure from accepted racial notions, The Derrick Bell Reader offers plenty to dissect. The book could not have arrived at a better time." -Brian Gilmore,Howard University School of Law, ( "Peter Stearns and his intrepid co-conspirators do not, like other seekers of truth in history, try to understand the past in its own terms. Instead, they try to learn from the past to touch the present and affect the future. One after another, their extraordinary essays suggest that their audacious ambition may be attainable." )-(Michael Zuckerman),(author of Almost Chosen People: Oblique Biographies in the American Grain ), Biting, intense, full of dramatic surprises and brilliant insights, Bells work is the antidote to all the feel-good narratives of racial change., ( "As always, Peter Stearns stimulates our thinking about history and human experience in important ways. American Behavioral History is unconventional, provocative, and compelling. This collection gives new vigor to the study of social history." )-(Joan Jacobs Brumberg),(author of The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls ), A growing number of scholars have helped us understand the law's impact on both the major events and the minutiae of our daily lives. It's safe to say, however, that few do so with the provocative verve and vigor of Derrick Bell. This volume is a must read for long-time followers of Derrick Bell's work as well as casual readers looking for material that is both intellectually stimulating and entertaining., "A growing number of scholars have helped us understand the law's impact on both the major events and the minutia of our daily lives. It's safe to say, however, that few do so with the provocative verve and vigor of Derrick Bell. This volume is a must read for long-time followers of Derrick Bell's work as well as casual readers looking for material that is both intellectually stimulating and entertaining." -Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,co-author of The Future of the Race, "A growing number of scholars have helped us understand the law's impact on both the major events and the minutia of our daily lives. It's safe to say, however, that few do so with the provocative verve and vigor of Derrick Bell. This volume is a must read for long-time followers of Derrick Bell's work as well as casual readers looking for material that is both intellectually stimulating and entertaining." - Henry Louis Gates, Jr., co-author ofThe Future of the Race, "Biting, intense, full of dramatic surprises and brilliant insights, Bell's work is the antidote to all the feel-good narratives of racial change." -Duncan Kennedy,author of Legal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy, "A growing number of scholars have helped us understand the law's impact on both the major events and the minutia of our daily lives. It's safe to say, however, that few do so with the provocative verve and vigor of Derrick Bell. This volume is a must read for long-time followers of Derrick Bell's work as well as casual readers looking for material that is both intellectually stimulating and entertaining." - Henry Louis Gates, Jr., co-author of The Future of the Race, "Finally, the essence of Derrick Bell as a scholar, teacher, and activist is captured in the Derrick Bell Reader. Bell's remarkable career, as a civil rights attorney, scholar on race and justice, and activist promoting the rights of all citizens, is fully addressed. It is a great read." -Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.,author of All Deliberate Speed, "Derrick Bell's impressive body of scholarship continues to inspire generations of readers by inviting them into an extended conversation between him and a community of people who gave life to his vision and generously shared their own wisdom in search of justice." - Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres, co-authors of The Miner's Canary, ( "Stearns and his colleagues leave us with a compelling sense that we need history to understand ourselves. Without an engaged historical perspective on today's behaviors, prescriptions for social change will not only fail, but leave us vulnerable to quick fixes and moral zealotry, sparking social behaviors-;incidentally, with a rich American past-;whose history might assist us in our efforts to understand today's cultural and political climate, and, perhaps, begin to change it." )-( Journal of American History ),(), "Derrick Bell's impressive body of scholarship continues to inspire generations of readers by inviting them into an extended conversation between him and a community of people who gave life to his vision and generously shared their own wisdom in search of justice." - Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres, co-authors ofThe Miner's Canary

Series Volume Number75

Dewey Decimal305.896/073

Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction Prologue: The Chronicle of the Constitutional Contradiction Chapter 1: Economic Determinism and Interest Convergence Chapter 2: Racial Realism Chapter 3: Ethics of Lawyering Chapter 4: Revisionist History Chapter 5: Sexuality and Romance Chapter 6: Politics of the Academy Chapter 7: Nationalism, Separatism, and Self-HelpChapter 8: Price of Racial Remedies Chapter 9: Pedagogy Chapter 10: Racial Standing Chapter 11: Racism as Meanness Chapter 12: Popular Democracy Chapter 13: Race and Class Chapter 14: Survival Strategies Chapter 15: Critiques BibliographyIndex About the Editors

SynopsisLawyer, activist, teacher, writer: for over 40 years, Derrick Bell has provoked his critics and challenged his readers with uncompromising candor and progressive views on race and class in America. A founder of Critical Race Theory and pioneer of the use of allegorical stories as tools of analysis, Bell's groundbreaking work shatters conventional legal orthodoxies and turns comfortable majoritarian myths inside out. Edited and with an extensive introduction by leading critical race theorists Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, The Derrick Bell Reader reflects the tremendous breadth of issues that Bell has grappled with over his phenomenal career, including affirmative action, black nationalism, legal education and ethics. Together, the selections offer the most complete collection of Derrick Bell's writing available today., Lawyer, activist, teacher, writer: for over 40 years, Derrick Bell has held progressive views on race and class in America. Edited with an extensive introduction by critical race theorists Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, The Derrick Bell Reader reflects the breadth of issues that Bell has grappled with., View the Table of Contents . Read the Introduction . "A growing number of scholars have helped us understand the law's impact on both the major events and the minutia of our daily lives. It's safe to say, however, that few do so with the provocative verve and vigor of Derrick Bell. This volume is a must read for long-time followers of Derrick Bell's work as well as casual readers looking for material that is both intellectually stimulating and entertaining."-- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., co-author ofThe Future of the Race "Finally, the essence of Derrick Bell as a scholar, teacher, and activist is captured in the Derrick Bell Reader. Bell's remarkable career, as a civil rights attorney, scholar on race and justice, and activist promoting the rights of all citizens, is fully addressed. It is a great read."-- Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., author ofAll Deliberate Speed"Derrick Bell's impressive body of scholarship continues to inspire generations of readers by inviting them into an extended conversation between him and a community of people who gave life to his vision and generously shared their own wisdom in search of justice."-- Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres, co-authors ofThe Miner's Canary "Biting, intense, full of dramatic surprises and brilliant insights, Bell's work is the antidote to all the feel-good narratives of racial change."-- Duncan Kennedy, author ofLegal Education and the Reproduction of Hierarchy "For those who agree, or disagree, with Bell's radical departure from accepted racial notions, The Derrick Bell Readeroffers plenty to dissect. The book could not have arrived at a better time."-- Brian Gilmore, Howard University School of Law Lawyer, activist, teacher, writer: for over 40 years, Derrick Bell has provoked his critics and challenged his readers with uncompromising candor and progressive views on race and class in America. A founder of Critical Race Theory and pioneer of the use of allegorical stories as tools of analysis, Bell's groundbreaking work shatters conventional legal orthodoxies and turns comfortable majoritarian myths inside out. Edited and with an extensive introduction by leading critical race theorists Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, The Derrick Bell Reader reflects the tremendous breadth of issues that Bell has grappled with over his phenomenal career, including affirmative action, black nationalism, legal education and ethics. Together, the selections offer the most complete collection of Derrick Bell's writing available today., Lawyer, activist, teacher, writer: for over forty years, Derrick Bell has provoked his critics and challenged his readers with uncompromising candor and progressive views on race and class in America., An essential collection of the writings of progressive lawyer and race activist Derrick Bell Lawyer, activist, teacher, writer: for over 40 years, Derrick Bell provoked his critics and challenged his readers with uncompromising candor and progressive views on race and class in America. A founder of Critical Race Theory and pioneer of the use of allegorical stories as tools of analysis, Bell's groundbreaking work shattered conventional legal orthodoxies and turned comfortable majoritarian myths inside out. Edited and with an extensive introduction by leading critical race theorists Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, The Derrick Bell Reader reflects the tremendous breadth of issues that Bell grappled with over his phenomenal career, including affirmative action, Black nationalism, legal education and ethics. Together, these selections offer the most complete collection of Derrick Bell's writing available today., Lawyer, activist, teacher, writer: for over forty years, Derrick Bell has provoked his critics and challenged his readers with uncompromising candor and progressive views on race and class in America. A founder of Critical Race Theory and pioneer of the use of allegorical stories as tools of analysis, Bell's extraordinary work shatters conventional legal orthodoxies and turns comfortable majoritarian myths inside out. While his writing spans several decades and addresses a myriad of topics, it has never been collected in a single volume until now. Edited with an extensive introduction by leading critical race theorists Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, The Derrick Bell Reader consists of fifteen thematic chapters that reflect the tremendous breadth of issues that Bell has grappled with over his phenomenal career, including affirmative action, black nationalism, and legal education and ethics. Some pieces are written in elegant expository prose, such as meditations on the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education decision; others in the narrative form for which Bell is famous, particularly his signature Geneva Crenshaw chronicles. The book also includes never before published material by Bell, including poetry and the startling letter of resignation he submitted to the dean of Harvard Law School in protest of the lack of women of color on the faculty. Together, the selections offer the most complete collection of Derrick Bell's writing available today.

LC Classification NumberKF4755.B45 2005