African American History A Very Short Introduction multidisciplinary This volume develops an interdisciplinary

This volume develops an interdisciplinary approach which builds on but goes beyond recent comparative and

scale of the challenge Europeans and their allies face if Europe's peace is to be upheld in a transformative century

The name derives from the Greek myth where Procrustes invited passers-by in for a pleasant meal and a night's rest on a magical bed that would exactly fit any guest

and the tradition of psychagogy that Augustine inherited from a variety of rhetorical and philosophical sources

' Ian Bell

African American History A Very Short Introduction multidisciplinary This volume develops an interdisciplinaryWhat does it mean to be an American? The story of the African American past demonstrates the difficulty of answering this seemingly simple question. If being "American" means living in a land of freedom and opportunity, what are we to make of those Americans who were enslaved and have suffered from the limitations of second class citizenship throughout their lives? African American history illuminates the United States' core paradoxes, inviting