| Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee 1901-1915 Contributor(s): Harlan, Louis R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195042298 ISBN-13: 9780195042290 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $51.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1986 Annotation: This book begins in 1901, when Booker T. Washington at the age of forty-five was approaching the zenith of his fame and influence, and ends with his death in 1915. It is a biographical study in the sense that its focus is on the complex, enigmatic figure of Washington, the most powerful black minority-group boss of his time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 82014547 |
| Lexile Measure: 1630 |
| Physical Information: 1.39" H x 5.6" W x 8.38" (1.60 lbs) 562 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The first volume of Louis R. Harlan's biography of Booker T. Washington was published to wide acclaim and won the 1973 Bancroft Prize. This, the second volume, completes one of the most significant biographies of this generation. Booker T. Washington was the most powerful black American of his time, and here he is captured at his zenith. Harlan reveals Washington's complex personality--in sharp contrast to his public demeanor, he was a ruthless power borker whose nod or frown could determine the careers of blacks in politics, education, and business. Harlan chronicles the challenge Washington faced from W.E.B. Du Bois and other blacks, and shows how growing opposition forced him to change his methods of leadership just before his death in 1915. Also available: Volume 1, $10.95k, 501915-6, 394 pp., plates |