ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. The beating of Rodney King and the resulting riots in South Central Los Angeles. The violent clash between Hasidim and African-Americans in Crown Heights. The boats of Haitian refugees being turned away from the Land of Opportunity. These are among the many racially-charged images that have burst across our television screens in the last year alone, images that show that for all our complacent beliefs in a melting-pot society, race is as much of a problem as everin America. In this vastly important, widely-acclaimed volume, Kwame Anthony Appiah, a Ghanaian philosopher who now teaches at Harvard, explores, in his words, "the possibilities andpitfalls of an African identity in the late twentieth century." In the process he sheds new light on what it means to be an African-American, on the many preconceptions that have muddled discussions of race, Africa, and Afrocentrism since the end of the nineteenth century, and, in the end, to move beyond the idea of race. In My Father's House is especially wide-ranging, covering everything from Pan Africanism, to the works of early African-American intellectuals suchas Alexander Crummell and W.E.B. Du Bois, to the ways in which African identity influences African literature. In his discussion of the latter subject, Appiah demonstrates how attempts to construct a uniquelyAfrican literature have ignored ...
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ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. The beating of Rodney King and the resulting riots in South Central Los Angeles. The violent clash between Hasidim and African-Americans in Crown Heights. The boats of Haitian refugees being turned away from the Land of Opportunity. These are among the many racially-charged images that have burst across our television screens in the last year alone, images that show that for all our complacent beliefs in a melting-pot society, race is as much of a problem as everin America. In this vastly important, widely-acclaimed volume, Kwame Anthony Appiah, a Ghanaian philosopher who now teaches at Harvard, explores, in his words, "the possibilities andpitfalls of an African identity in the late twentieth century." In the process he sheds new light on what it means to be an African-American, on the many preconceptions that have muddled discussions of race, Africa, and Afrocentrism since the end of the nineteenth century, and, in the end, to move beyond the idea of race. In My Father's House is especially wide-ranging, covering everything from Pan Africanism, to the works of early African-American intellectuals suchas Alexander Crummell and W.E.B. Du Bois, to the ways in which African identity influences African literature. In his discussion of the latter subject, Appiah demonstrates how attempts to construct a uniquelyAfrican literature have ignored ...
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ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover
[Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]
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ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Mai 1993] Softcover Neuware - In this vastly important, widely-acclaimed volume, Appiah, a Ghanaian philosopher who now teaches at Harvard, explores what it means to be an African American, on the many preconceptions that have muddled discussions of face, Africa, and Afrocentrism since the end of the 19th century. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 1993]
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ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover
[DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Softcover First Edition Good condition, octavo paperback, printed card covers, gift inscription and previous ownership on front blank, internally clean and bright, xvi plus 225 pages including notes, bibliography and index. [QP]
[Tonbridge, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]
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ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780195068528
[Lincoln, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS] Softcover
[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Denver, CO, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

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[Portland, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Softcover First Edition 225 pages. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Record # 459189
[Middlebury, VT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University, Oxford] Softcover 225pp. Extremities rubbed & lightly chipped; some highlighting in text. Endnotes; biblio.; index. OK reading copy.
[Urbana, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
[Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover
[Iowa City, IA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]
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[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85
[Reno, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: OUP USA 1994-06-16, New York |Oxford] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1994]

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[Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1993]
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ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: OUP USA 1994-06-16, New York |Oxford] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1994]

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford, England, UK] Softcover 225 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text.
[The Bronx, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]

ISBN10: 0195068521, ISBN13: 9780195068528, [publisher: Oxford University Press, USA] Softcover
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1993]