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Black Abolitionists
By
BENJAMIN QUARLES,
Morgan State College.
A leading scholar in
the
field of Negro history makes clear for the first time the extent to which Negroes
themselves were involved in the crusade against slavery. The Negro abolitionist
has been overlooked in the history of pre-Civil War America, where the role
of the white abolitionist has loomed large. Professor Quarles's authoritative and
absorbing account makes up for this neglect, and includes a vivid picture of
the
oppressive conditions facing Negroes in the "free" North.
$6.75
The Passages of Thought
PSYCHOLOGICAL REPRESENTATION IN THE
AMERICAN NOVEL, 1870-1900
By
GORDON
O .
TAYLOR,
Harvard University.
This book describes a period
of change in the art of the American novel during which writers turned more
and more of their attention to psychological processes. In chronicling
thiJ
change - important to the emergence of realism in American fiction - Pro–
fessor Taylor gives particular emphasis to J ames, Howells, Crane, Norris,
and
Dreiser. "Taylor discusses psychological process in fiction more intelligently,
with
more relevance to what's offered as a reading experience, with more historical
acuteness than anyone who has so far investigated this subject in American
literature."-RIcHARD POIRIER, Rutgers University
$5.00
Red, White, and Blue
MEN, BOOKS, AND IDEAS IN AMERICAN CULTURE
By
JOHN WILLIAM WARD,
Amherst College.
The ways in which history
and
imagination shape each other, and the meaning of individual freedom in history
are examined in this collection of seventeen essays written over the last decade.
In each, Mr. Ward relates his topic to considerations of the general values
of
American culture, and in each instance he seeks to broaden the definition
and
the significance of history "beyond the boundaries of war, politics, and
eco–
nomics," to deepen our insight into the role of the intellectual in society and
the forces of social change.
$7.50
Experiment at Berkeley
By
JOSEPH TUSSMAN,
University of California, Berkeley.
In this vigotoUi
polemic on the nature and function of higher education Dr. Tussman draws upon
his own experience as Director of the Experimental Program at the University
of
California- a radically new approach to the problem area of the first two yean
of
colle~e.
He places
t~e Progra~.in
the broad context of i!lStitutionai analysis
and SOCIal theory, shOWIng how It IS addressed to such questions as the relation
of college to university, and of the individual to society. His creation of a
co–
~erent
"first program" tests the entire range of educational resources and
teach.
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theory and may well revitalize our higher education.
Cloth,
$5.00.
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GB
281,
paper, $1.75
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