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Up from Slavery

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Availability:In StockContributor:Booker T. WashingtonPublish date:2011-10-15Pages:158
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tribeca BooksISBN-13:9781612931067ISBN-10:1612931065UPC:9781612931067Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Educators, Cultural & Regional, SlaverySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SC38QRT1SF
Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington detailing his slow and steady rise from a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton University, to his work establishing vocational schools-most notably the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama-to help black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves, as a race, up by the bootstraps. He reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who helped in educating blacks and native Americans. He describes his efforts to instill manners, breeding, health and a feeling of dignity to students. His educational philosophy stresses combining academic subjects with learning a trade (something which is reminiscent of the educational theories of John Ruskin). Washington explained that the integration of practical subjects is partly designed to reassure the white community as to the usefulness of educating black people.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tribeca BooksISBN-13:9781612931067ISBN-10:1612931065UPC:9781612931067Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Educators, Cultural & Regional, SlaverySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SC38QRT1SF
Publisher: Tribeca Books

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