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Up from Slavery : An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington (1986, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140390510
ISBN-139780140390513
eBay Product ID (ePID)45434
Product Key Features
Book TitleUp from Slavery : an Autobiography
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1986
TopicPersonal Memoirs, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Educators, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
GenreSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorBooker T. Washington
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.8 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN85-016712
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal370.92
Grade ToUP
SynopsisDuring his unchallenged reign as black America's foremost spokesman, former slave Booker T. Washington treaded a dangerous middle ground in a time of racial backlash and disfranchisement: as he publicly acquiesced to whites on issues of social equality, he fiercely exhorted blacks, through his national political machine, to unite and improve their lot. Though Washington worked ceaselessly, through many channels, to gain moral and financial support for his people and for his beloved Tuskegee Institute, Up from Slavery, his autobiography, helped him at these endeavors more than all other efforts combined. Vividly recounting Washington's life-his childhood as a slave, his struggle for education, his founding and presidency of the Tuskegee Institute, his meetings with the country's leaders, Up from Slavery reveals the conviction he held that the black man's salvation lay in education, industriousness, and self-reliance. Louis R. Harlan's introduction fully assesses the impact of this simply written, anecdotal life story that bears the mark of a man of real courage, talent, and dedication. Book jacket., Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time In Up from Slavery , Washington recounts the story of his life--from slave to educator. The early sections deal with his upbringing as a slave and his efforts to get an education. Washington details his transition from student to teacher, and outlines his own development as an educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In the final chapters of Up From Slavery , Washington describes his career as a public speaker and civil rights activist. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
LC Classification NumberE185.97.W4A37 1986
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