Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession - Couverture souple

Terkel, Studs

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1595588108 ISBN 13 : 9781595588104

Editeur : The New Press, 2012

Synopsis

Race First published in 1992 at the height of the furor over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's "Race" was an immediate bestseller. Offering a rare and revealing look at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel's candid interviews depict a complexity of thoughts and emotions and uncover a fascinating narrative of changing opinions. Preachers and street punks, college students and Klans Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

First published in 1992 at the height of the furore over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's Race was an immediate bestseller. Offering a rare and revealing look at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel's candid interviews depict a complexity of thoughts and emotions and uncover a fascinating narrative of changing opinions. Preachers and street punks, college students and Klansmen, pioneering interracial couples, the nephew of the founder of apartheid, and Emmett Till's mother are among those whose voices appear in Race.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Studs Terkel is the author of eleven books of oral history, including Hope Dies Last, Working, and the Pulitzer Prize winning The Good War. In 2003 he was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The New Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1595588108
• ISBN 13: 9781595588104
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336