{"product_id":"african-american-women-confront-the-west-1600-2000-paperback","title":"African American Women Confront the West: 1600-2000 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShirley Ann Wilson Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eQuintard Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfrican American Women Confront the West, 1600-2000\u003c\/em\u003e is the first major historical anthology on the topic. The editors argue that African American women in the West played active, though sometimes unacknowledged, roles in shaping the political, ideological, and social currents that have influenced the United States over the past three centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors to this volume explore African American women's life experiences in the West, their influences on the experiences of the region's diverse peoples, and their legacy in rural and urban communities from Montana to Texas and from California to Kansas. The essayists explore what it has meant to be an African American woman, from the era of Spanish colonial rule in eighteenth-century New Mexico to the black power era of the 1960s and 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9.12 x 6.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131090342023,"sku":"9780806139791","price":44.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6d57009130e2a411ae794bf4fd0d4b56.webp?v=1732616248","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/african-american-women-confront-the-west-1600-2000-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}