The fire is upon us : James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the debate over race in America / N...
The fire is upon us : James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the debate over race in America / N...
The fire is upon us : James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the debate over race in America / Nicholas Buccola.
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Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2020/5672
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 482 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The ghetto and the mansion, 1924-46 -- Disturbing the peace, 1946-54 -- Joining the battle, 1955-61 -- Taking responsibility, 1961-62 -- In the eye of the storm, 1963-64 -- "What concerns me most": Baldwin at Cambridge -- "The faith of our fathers": Buckley at Cambridge -- Lighting the fuse -- Epilo...
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Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
"In February 1965, novelist and 'poet of the Black Freedom Struggle' James Baldwin and political commentator and father of the modern American conservative movement William F. Buckley met in Cambridge Union to face-off in a televised debate. The topic was 'The American Dream is at the expense of the American Negro.' Buccola uses this momentous enco...
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The fire is upon us : James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the debate over race in America / Nicholas Buccola.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [459]-476) and index.
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G 2020/5672
Record Identifier
74VKadA7MO43
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKadA7MO43
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ISBN
0691181543
9780691181547 (hardcover)
DDC
305.800973
MMS ID
991024321515902626
