The Cambridge Companion to Malcolm X

Robert E Terrill editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:17th May '10

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This Companion presents new perspectives on Malcolm X's life and legacy for students of American history.

This Companion offers an unusually rich analysis of this important African American leader, orator, and cultural icon. Intended both as a guide to existing scholarship and as a substantive scholarly contribution in its own right, it includes an introduction, a chronology, and a guide to further reading.Malcolm X is one of the most important figures in the twentieth-century struggle for equality in America. With the passing of time, and changing attitudes to race and religion in American society, the significance of a public figure like Malcolm X continues to evolve and to challenge. This Companion presents new perspectives on Malcolm X's life and legacy in a series of specially commissioned essays by prominent scholars from a range of disciplines. As a result, this is an unusually rich analysis of this important African American leader, orator, and cultural icon. Intended as a source of information on his life, career and influence and as an innovative substantive scholarly contribution in its own right, the book also includes an introduction, a chronology of the life of Malcolm X, and a select bibliography.

  • Winner of A Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2011

ISBN: 9780521515900

Dimensions: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm

Weight: 450g

210 pages