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Historical Roots of the Urban Crisis

Blacks in the Industrial City, 1900-1950

By Henry L. Taylor Jr., Walter Hill

This collection of 12 new essays will tell the story of how the gradual transformation of industrial society into service-driven postindustrial society affected black life…

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2000 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2749-3 (Routledge)

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Upon these Shores

Themes in the African-American Experience 1600 to the Present

Edited by William R. Scott, William G. Shade

This one-volume, comprehensive overview of African American history brings together original essays by some of the foremost authorities in the field. Arranged both thematically and…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-92407-8 (Routledge)

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Afro-Virginian History and Culture

Edited by John Saillant

The essays in this collection offer new evidence and new conclusions on topics in the history of African Americans in Virginia such as the demography…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2434-8 (Routledge)

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Moving On

Black Loyalists in the Afro-Atlantic World

Edited by John W. Pulis

During the American Revolution tens of thousands of colonists loyal to Britain left the colonies and resettled in Canada, Britain, and the Carribean. Among them…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2748-6 (Routledge)

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Unyielding Spirits

Black Women and Slavery in Early Canada and Jamaica

By Maureen G. Elgersman

This comparative study uncovers the differences and similarities in the experiences of Black women enslaved in colonial Canada and Jamaica, and demonstrates how differences in…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-3229-9 (Routledge)

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The Meaning of Slavery in the North

Edited by Martin H. Blatt, David R. Roediger

Southern cotton planters and Northern textile mill owners maintained what has been called "an unholy alliance between the lords of the lash and the lords…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2345-7 (Routledge)

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Writings on Black Women of the Diaspora

History, Language, and Identity

By Lean'tin Bracks

Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Paule Marshall, and Mary Prince represent the best of African American women writers who draw on the tortuous legacy of their…

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1997 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-2734-9 (Routledge)

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Ancient Caribbean

By John M. Weeksk, Peter J. Ferbel

1994 | Hardback: 978-0-8153-1303-8 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Blackness and Transatlantic Irish Identity: Celtic Soul Brothers
By Lauren Onkey
To be published December 17th 2009

Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime
By Shaun L. Gabbidon
To be published March 9th 2010

Representing the Black Female Subject in Western Art
By Charmaine A. Nelson
To be published April 30th 2010