Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He is editor in chief of the Oxford African American Studies Center and of the daily online magazine The Root. He has received more than forty honorary degrees from institutions the world over.
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Our Nig
Trade Paperback | 416 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-47745-3 (0-307-47745-2)
December 20, 2011 | $17.00
With a New Introduction and Notes by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Richard J. Ellis
A fascinating fusion of two literary models of the nineteenth century, the sentimental novel and the slave narrative, Our Nig, apart from its historical significance, is a deeply ironic and highly readable work, tracing the trials and...
Trade Paperback | 416 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-47745-3 (0-307-47745-2)
December 20, 2011 | $17.00
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With a New Introduction and Notes by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Richard J. Ellis
A fascinating fusion of two literary models of the nineteenth century, the sentimental novel and the slave narrative, Our Nig, apart from its historical significance, is a deeply ironic and highly readable work, tracing the trials and...
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Our Nig
eBook | pages | Vintage | Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-73933-9 (0-307-73933-3)
December 20, 2011 | $12.99
With a New Preface, Introduction, and Notes by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
New Afterword by Barbara White
A fascinating fusion of two literary models of the nineteenth century, the sentimental novel and the slave narrative, Our Nig, apart from its historical significance, is a deeply ironic and highly readable work, tracing the trials...
eBook | pages | Vintage | Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-73933-9 (0-307-73933-3)
December 20, 2011 | $12.99
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With a New Preface, Introduction, and Notes by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
New Afterword by Barbara White
A fascinating fusion of two literary models of the nineteenth century, the sentimental novel and the slave narrative, Our Nig, apart from its historical significance, is a deeply ironic and highly readable work, tracing the trials...
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trade paperback.
Life Upon These Shores
Hardcover | 512 pages | Knopf | History - United States; Social Science - African-American Studies; Biography & Autobiography - People of Color
978-0-307-59342-9 (0-307-59342-8)
November 22, 2011 | $57.00
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a sumptuously illustrated landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama.
Informed by the latest, sometimes provocative scholarship and including more than seven hundred images—ancient maps, fine art, documents, photographs, cartoons, posters—Life Upon These...
Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Hardcover | 512 pages | Knopf | History - United States; Social Science - African-American Studies; Biography & Autobiography - People of Color
978-0-307-59342-9 (0-307-59342-8)
November 22, 2011 | $57.00
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a sumptuously illustrated landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the election of Barack Obama.
Informed by the latest, sometimes provocative scholarship and including more than seven hundred images—ancient maps, fine art, documents, photographs, cartoons, posters—Life Upon These...
The Future of the Race
eBook | 224 pages | Vintage | Social Science - African-American Studies
978-0-307-76494-2 (0-307-76494-X)
July 20, 2011 | $11.99
Almost one-hundred years ago, W.E.B. Du Bois proposed the notion of the "talented tenth," an African American elite that would serve as leaders and models for the larger black community. In this unprecedented collaboration, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cornel West--two of Du Bois's most prominent intellectual descendants--reassess that relationship and...
Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cornel West
eBook | 224 pages | Vintage | Social Science - African-American Studies
978-0-307-76494-2 (0-307-76494-X)
July 20, 2011 | $11.99
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Almost one-hundred years ago, W.E.B. Du Bois proposed the notion of the "talented tenth," an African American elite that would serve as leaders and models for the larger black community. In this unprecedented collaboration, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Cornel West--two of Du Bois's most prominent intellectual descendants--reassess that relationship and...
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Colored People
eBook | 240 pages | Vintage | Social Science - African-American Studies
978-0-307-76443-0 (0-307-76443-5)
July 6, 2011 | $13.99
From an American Book Award-winning author comes a pungent and poignant masterpiece of recollection that ushers readers into a now-vanished "colored" world and extends and deepens our sense of African-American history, even as it entrances us with its bravura storytelling.
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Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
eBook | 240 pages | Vintage | Social Science - African-American Studies
978-0-307-76443-0 (0-307-76443-5)
July 6, 2011 | $13.99
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From an American Book Award-winning author comes a pungent and poignant masterpiece of recollection that ushers readers into a now-vanished "colored" world and extends and deepens our sense of African-American history, even as it entrances us with its bravura storytelling.
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
eBook | 176 pages | Dell | Biography & Autobiography
978-0-307-76456-0 (0-307-76456-7)
July 6, 2011 | $8.99
This dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave was first published in 1845, when its young author had just achieved his freedom. Douglass' eloquence gives a clear indication of the powerful principles that led him to become the first great African-American leader in the United States.
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eBook | 176 pages | Dell | Biography & Autobiography
978-0-307-76456-0 (0-307-76456-7)
July 6, 2011 | $8.99
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This dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave was first published in 1845, when its young author had just achieved his freedom. Douglass' eloquence gives a clear indication of the powerful principles that led him to become the first great African-American leader in the United States.
From the Trade...
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man
eBook | 256 pages | Vintage | Biography & Autobiography - People of Color; Social Science - African-American Studies
978-0-307-76565-9 (0-307-76565-2)
June 8, 2011 | $13.99
"This is a book of stories," writes Henry Louis Gates, "and all might be described as 'narratives of ascent.'" As some remarkable men talk about their lives, many perspectives on race and gender emerge. For the notion of the unitary black man, Gates argues, is as imaginary as the creature that...
Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
eBook | 256 pages | Vintage | Biography & Autobiography - People of Color; Social Science - African-American Studies
978-0-307-76565-9 (0-307-76565-2)
June 8, 2011 | $13.99
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"This is a book of stories," writes Henry Louis Gates, "and all might be described as 'narratives of ascent.'" As some remarkable men talk about their lives, many perspectives on race and gender emerge. For the notion of the unitary black man, Gates argues, is as imaginary as the creature that...
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In Search of Our Roots
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | History - United States
978-1-4159-5954-1 (1-4159-5954-4)
January 27, 2009 | $25.50
Most African Americans, in tracing their family’s past, encounter a series of daunting obstacles. Slavery was a brutally efficient nullifier of identity, willfully denying black men and women even their names. Here, scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., backed by an elite team of geneticists and researchers, takes nineteen extraordinary African Americans...
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | History - United States
978-1-4159-5954-1 (1-4159-5954-4)
January 27, 2009 | $25.50
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Most African Americans, in tracing their family’s past, encounter a series of daunting obstacles. Slavery was a brutally efficient nullifier of identity, willfully denying black men and women even their names. Here, scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., backed by an elite team of geneticists and researchers, takes nineteen extraordinary African Americans...
In Search of Our Roots
Hardcover | 448 pages | Crown | History - United States
978-0-307-38240-5 (0-307-38240-0)
January 27, 2009 | $32.00
Unlike most white Americans who, if they are so inclined, can search their ancestral records, identifying who among their forebears was the first to set foot on this country’s shores, most African Americans, in tracing their family’s past, encounter a series of daunting obstacles. Slavery was a brutally efficient nullifier of...
Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Hardcover | 448 pages | Crown | History - United States
978-0-307-38240-5 (0-307-38240-0)
January 27, 2009 | $32.00
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Unlike most white Americans who, if they are so inclined, can search their ancestral records, identifying who among their forebears was the first to set foot on this country’s shores, most African Americans, in tracing their family’s past, encounter a series of daunting obstacles. Slavery was a brutally efficient nullifier of...
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unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
In Search of Our Roots
eBook | pages | Crown | History - United States
978-0-307-40973-7 (0-307-40973-2)
January 27, 2009 | $16.99
Unlike most white Americans who, if they are so inclined, can search their ancestral records, identifying who among their forebears was the first to set foot on this country’s shores, most African Americans, in tracing their family’s past, encounter a series of daunting obstacles. Slavery was a brutally efficient nullifier of...
Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
eBook | pages | Crown | History - United States
978-0-307-40973-7 (0-307-40973-2)
January 27, 2009 | $16.99
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Unlike most white Americans who, if they are so inclined, can search their ancestral records, identifying who among their forebears was the first to set foot on this country’s shores, most African Americans, in tracing their family’s past, encounter a series of daunting obstacles. Slavery was a brutally efficient nullifier of...
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unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
Finding Oprah's Roots
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Social Science - African-American Studies
978-1-4159-3915-4 (1-4159-3915-2)
March 6, 2007 | $19.95
“Before I have a big meeting or decision to make,” says Oprah Winfrey, “I go and I sit with the ancestors. Literally, I go and sit in my closet and I say their names. I just say their names so that when I walk into the space, I don’t walk alone.”
This...
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Social Science - African-American Studies
978-1-4159-3915-4 (1-4159-3915-2)
March 6, 2007 | $19.95
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“Before I have a big meeting or decision to make,” says Oprah Winfrey, “I go and I sit with the ancestors. Literally, I go and sit in my closet and I say their names. I just say their names so that when I walk into the space, I don’t walk alone.”
This...
Finding Oprah's Roots
Hardcover | 192 pages | Crown | Social Science - African-American Studies
978-0-307-38238-2 (0-307-38238-9)
January 23, 2007 | $24.95
Finding Oprah’s Roots will not only endow readers with a new appreciation for the key contributions made by history’s unsung but also equip them with the tools to connect to pivotal figures in their own past. A roadmap through the intricacies of public documents and online databases, the book also highlights...
Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Hardcover | 192 pages | Crown | Social Science - African-American Studies
978-0-307-38238-2 (0-307-38238-9)
January 23, 2007 | $24.95
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Finding Oprah’s Roots will not only endow readers with a new appreciation for the key contributions made by history’s unsung but also equip them with the tools to connect to pivotal figures in their own past. A roadmap through the intricacies of public documents and online databases, the book also highlights...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
Finding Oprah's Roots
eBook | pages | Crown | Social Science - African-American Studies
978-0-307-39379-1 (0-307-39379-8)
January 23, 2007 | $12.99
Finding Oprah’s Roots will not only endow readers with a new appreciation for the key contributions made by history’s unsung but also equip them with the tools to connect to pivotal figures in their own past. A roadmap through the intricacies of public documents and online databases, the book also highlights...
Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
eBook | pages | Crown | Social Science - African-American Studies
978-0-307-39379-1 (0-307-39379-8)
January 23, 2007 | $12.99
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Finding Oprah’s Roots will not only endow readers with a new appreciation for the key contributions made by history’s unsung but also equip them with the tools to connect to pivotal figures in their own past. A roadmap through the intricacies of public documents and online databases, the book also highlights...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
Wonders of the African World
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Knopf | History - Africa
978-0-375-70948-7 (0-375-70948-7)
January 16, 2001 | $37.95
The Companion Volume to the PBS Television Series
Wonders of the African World is an exuberant, visually stunning journey across Africa and through the history of its glorious but forgotten civilizations.
Traveling by camel, by dhow, by Land Cruiser, and on foot, the renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., takes us to twelve...
Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Knopf | History - Africa
978-0-375-70948-7 (0-375-70948-7)
January 16, 2001 | $37.95
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The Companion Volume to the PBS Television Series
Wonders of the African World is an exuberant, visually stunning journey across Africa and through the history of its glorious but forgotten civilizations.
Traveling by camel, by dhow, by Land Cruiser, and on foot, the renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., takes us to twelve...
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Vintage | Biography & Autobiography - People of Color; Social Science - African-American Studies
978-0-679-77666-6 (0-679-77666-4)
February 3, 1998 | $17.99
"This is a book of stories," writes Henry Louis Gates, "and all might be described as 'narratives of ascent.'" As some remarkable men talk about their lives, many perspectives on race and gender emerge. For the notion of the unitary black man, Gates argues, is as imaginary as the creature that...
Written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Trade Paperback | 256 pages | Vintage | Biography & Autobiography - People of Color; Social Science - African-American Studies
978-0-679-77666-6 (0-679-77666-4)
February 3, 1998 | $17.99
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"This is a book of stories," writes Henry Louis Gates, "and all might be described as 'narratives of ascent.'" As some remarkable men talk about their lives, many perspectives on race and gender emerge. For the notion of the unitary black man, Gates argues, is as imaginary as the creature that...
Also available as an
eBook.
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