Revelations: American History, American Myths - Writings by Nathan Irving Huggins - Hardcover

"When Nathan Huggins died in 1989, he was ranked among the most influential and important historians in American and universally acknowledged as the leading scholar of the Harlem Renaissance. This book, edited by his widow, contains a wonderful collection of his essays, reviews, and lectures, from 1970 to 1989....The pieces selected display his eloquence and compassion."--Booklist"Nathan Huggins emerges as a towering contemporary figure in the field of African-American history. He has succeeded in combining a keen sense of the complexity of cultural achievement, a scholarly attention to facts and figures, a comprehensive perspective of the wider social context, and authentic empathy for the people concerned....The superb essays in Revelations, either by him or about him, fit together to proose a panoramic investigation of enduring and crucial issues, and to restore Huggins's own humanistic quest and commitments."--Professor Michel Fabre, Universite de la Sorbonne Nouvelle"One after another, these pieces reveal a great deal about the American past and our ongoing struggles to come to terms with it....Again and again in subtle ways Huggins reminds us, gently but forcefully, that comprehending American history is impossible without understanding African-American history...and vice versa."--Peter H. Wood, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, Duke University"To [Nathan Huggins], being a scholar in the modern world meant confronting the divisive issues that have fragmented American Studies since the 1960s, while still hoping for and working toward an ultimate synthesis. Revelations shows an active mind at work and constitutes a timely contribution to the serious study of the culture of the United States."--Werner Sollors, Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and Professor of Afro-American Studies, Harvard University"Thanks to Brenda Smith Huggins' labor of love, Revelations: American History, American Myths, reintroduces us to a marvelous wealth of Nate Huggins' writings. Fine reading in themselves, they provide, as well, valuable, historical perspectives on current, racial challenges."--Derrick Bell, Visiting Professor, New York University Law School "When Nathan Huggins died in 1989, he was ranked among the most influential and important historians in American and universally acknowledged as the leading scholar of the Harlem Renaissance. This book, edited by his widow, contains a wonderful collection of his essays, reviews, and lectures, from 1970 to 1989....The pieces selected display his eloquence and compassion."--Booklist "Nathan Huggins emerges as a towering contemporary figure in the field of African-American history. He has succeeded in combining a keen sense of the complexity of cultural achievement, a scholarly attention to facts and figures, a comprehensive perspective of the wider social context, and authentic empathy for the people concerned....The superb essays in Revelations, either by him or about him, fit together to proose a panoramic investigation of enduring and crucial issues, and to restore Huggins's own humanistic quest and commitments."--Professor Michel Fabre, Universite de la Sorbonne Nouvelle "One after another, these pieces reveal a great deal about the American past and our ongoing struggles to come to terms with it....Again and again in subtle ways Huggins reminds us, gently but forcefully, that comprehending American history is impossible without understanding African-American history...and vice versa."--Peter H. Wood, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, Duke University "To [Nathan Huggins], being a scholar in the modern world meant confronting the divisive issues that have fragmented American Studies since the 1960s, while still hoping for and working toward an ultimate synthesis. Revelations shows an active mind at work and constitutes a timelycontribution to the serious study of the culture of the United States."--Werner Sollors, Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and Professor of Afro-American Studies, Harvard University "Thanks to Brenda Smith Huggins' labor of love, Revelations: American History, American Myths, reintroduces us to a marvelous wealth of Nate Huggins' writings. Fine reading in themselves, they provide, as well, valuable, historical perspectives on current, racial challenges."--Derrick Bell, Visiting Professor, New York University Law School "When Nathan Huggins died in 1989, he was ranked among the most influential and important historians in American and universally acknowledged as the leading scholar of the Harlem Renaissance. This book, edited by his widow, contains a wonderful collection of his essays, reviews, and lectures, from 1970 to 1989....The pieces selected display his eloquence and compassion."--Booklist "Nathan Huggins emerges as a towering contemporary figure in the field of African-American history. He has succeeded in combining a keen sense of the complexity of cultural achievement, a scholarly attention to facts and figures, a comprehensive perspective of the wider social context, and authentic empathy for the people concerned....The superb essays in Revelations, either by him or about him, fit together to proose a panoramic investigation of enduring and crucial issues, and to restore Huggins's own humanistic quest and commitments."--Professor Michel Fabre, Universite de la Sorbonne Nouvelle "One after another, these pieces reveal a great deal about the American past and our ongoing struggles to come to terms with it....Again and again in subtle ways Huggins reminds us, gently but forcefully, that comprehending American history is impossible without understanding African-American history...and vice versa."--Peter H. Wood, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, Duke University "To [Nathan Huggins], being a scholar in the modern world meant confronting the divisive issues that have fragmented American Studies since the 1960s, while still hoping for and working toward an ultimate synthesis. Revelations showsan active mind at work and constitutes a timely contribution to the serious study of the culture of the United States."--Werner Sollors, Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and Professor of Afro-American Studies, Harvard University "Thanks to Brenda Smith Huggins' labor of love, Revelations: American History, American Myths, reintroduces us to a marvelous wealth of Nate Huggins' writings. Fine reading in themselves, they provide, as well, valuable, historical perspectives on current, racial challenges."--Derrick Bell, Visiting Professor, New York University Law School "When Nathan Huggins died in 1989, he was ranked among the most influential and important historians in American and universally acknowledged as the leading scholar of the Harlem Renaissance. This book, edited by his widow, contains a wonderful collection of his essays, reviews, and lectures, from1970 to 1989....The pieces selected display his eloquence and compassion."--Booklist"Nathan Huggins emerges as a towering contemporary figure in the field of African-American history. He has succeeded in combining a keen sense of the complexity of cultural achievement, a scholarly attention to facts and figures, a comprehensive perspective of the wider social context, and authenticempathy for the people concerned....The superb essays in Revelations, either by him or about him, fit together to proose a panoramic investigation of enduring and crucial issues, and to restore Huggins's own humanistic quest and commitments."--Professor Michel Fabre, Universite de la SorbonneNouvelle"One after another, these pieces reveal a great deal about the American past and our ongoing struggles to come to terms with it....Again and again in subtle ways Huggins reminds us, gently but forcefully, that comprehending American history is impossible without understanding African-Americanhistory...and vice versa."--Peter H. Wood, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of History, Duke University"To [Nathan Huggins], being a scholar in the modern world meant confronting the divisive issues that have fragmented American Studies since the 1960s, while still hoping for and working toward an ultimate synthesis. Revelations shows an active mind at work and constitutes a timelycontribution tothe serious study of the culture of the United States."--Werner Sollors, Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature and Professor of Afro-American Studies, Harvard University"Thanks to Brenda Smith Huggins' labor of love, Revelations: American History, American Myths, reintroduces us to a marvelous wealth of Nate Huggins' writings. Fine reading in themselves, they provide, as well, valuable, historical perspectives on current, racial challenges."--Derrick Bell, VisitingProfessor, New York University Law School

This volume contains a collection of the late historian's work on African-American history. His articles and reviews cover a number of major themes relating to black America, tracing events from the time of slavery and emancipation to contemporary life.