{"product_id":"the-myth-of-the-negro-past-1","title":"The Myth of the Negro Past","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"832\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"342\" data-end=\"353\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Melville J. Herskovits\u003cbr data-start=\"376\" data-end=\"379\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"393\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr data-start=\"406\" data-end=\"409\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"430\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1969\u003cbr data-start=\"435\" data-end=\"438\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"450\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Beacon Paperback No. 69; Seventh Printing (April 1969)\u003cbr data-start=\"505\" data-end=\"508\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"508\" data-end=\"533\"\u003ePlace of Publication:\u003c\/strong\u003e Boston\u003cbr data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"543\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"554\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softcover (paperback)\u003cbr data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"579\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"589\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 351\u003cbr data-start=\"593\" data-end=\"596\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"610\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good. Edge wear and age toning consistent with use; archival document tape reinforcement to the inside of the front cover for stabilization. Binding sound, text clean. This copy comes from the Doane Perry collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"1352\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"850\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"850\" data-end=\"853\"\u003eFirst published in 1941, \u003cem data-start=\"878\" data-end=\"906\"\u003eThe Myth of the Negro Past\u003c\/em\u003e is a landmark work in anthropology and African American studies, challenging long-held assumptions about the erasure of African cultural heritage among enslaved peoples in the Americas. Drawing on comparative research, linguistics, folklore, religion, and social customs, Melville J. Herskovits demonstrated the persistence and influence of African traditions in Black American life, reshaping both academic scholarship and public understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1354\" data-end=\"1708\"\u003eHighly controversial upon release and enormously influential in the decades that followed, the book helped lay the foundation for modern African and African-American studies programs in the United States. This later Beacon paperback printing remains an important and widely cited text, valued by scholars, students, and serious readers of social history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1710\" data-end=\"1835\"\u003eThis copy is from the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1732\" data-end=\"1758\"\u003eDoane Perry collection\u003c\/strong\u003e, adding intellectual and contextual interest to an already significant work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Debs Book Paradise","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44130412462260,"sku":"200-8","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/9279\/1220\/files\/Negro_Myth_frontcover.jpg?v=1769476385","url":"https:\/\/debsbookparadise.com\/products\/the-myth-of-the-negro-past-1","provider":"Debs Book Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}