{"product_id":"frances-e-w-harper-a-call-to-conscience-hardback-9781509535538","title":"Frances E. W. Harper; A Call to Conscience (Hardback) 9781509535538","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrances E. W. Harper\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Call to Conscience\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eUtz McKnight (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509535538, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 October 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.1 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.499 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"It's rare to read a book that both recovers a brilliant political thinker who has long been neglected, and is filled with luminous insights about contemporary racial politics, but Utz McKnight has achieved just this. This is one of the best books I've read in a long time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Zamalin, University of Detroit-Mercy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Utz McKnight brings to light Frances Ellen Watkins Harper as a visionary. Read this book to discover the incomparable life and penetrating thought of one of the nineteenth century’s most important public intellectuals. Absorb its lessons because, as McKnight so elegantly shows, Harper’s aspirations for our democracy remain necessary and timeless.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartha S. Jones, Johns Hopkins University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFree Black woman, poet, novelist, essayist, speaker, and activist, Frances Watkins Harper was one of the nineteenth century’s most important advocates of Abolitionism and female suffrage, and her pioneering work still has profound lessons for us today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this new book, Utz McKnight shows how Harper’s life and work inspired her contemporaries to imagine a better America. He seeks to recover her importance by examining not only her vision of the possibilities of Emancipation, but also her subsequent role in challenging Jim Crow. He argues that engaging with her ideas and writings is vital in understanding not only our historical inheritance, but also contemporary issues ranging from racial violence to the role of Christianity.\u003c\/p\u003e This lucid book is essential reading not only for students of African American history, but also for all progressives interested in issues of race, politics, and society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Chapter One – Frances Harper�s Poetic Journey\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two – Iola Leroy: Social Equality\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three – Trial and Triumph: The Public Demand for Equality \u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four – Sowing and Reaping: Personal Solutions and Conviction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five – Minnie�s Sacrifice and the Poetic License\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six – Conclusion: Of Poems and Politics\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441796018456,"sku":"9781509535538","price":33.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509535538.jpg?v=1785025854","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/frances-e-w-harper-a-call-to-conscience-hardback-9781509535538","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}