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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Mariner Books
Publication date
January 31, 2017
Pages
336
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780544811805
ISBN-10
0544811801
Dimensions
0 by 5.31 by 8 in.
Original list price
$15.95
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America | Obama: The Call of History | I Am Not Your Negro | Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America | We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy | Democracy in Black | Why I Love Black Women
What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America | Obama: The Call of History | I Am Not Your Negro | Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America | We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy | Democracy in Black | Why I Love Black Women
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
“A brilliant and complicated portrait of a brilliant and complicated president.”—Salon
Michael Eric Dyson dives deep into the true meaning of Barack Obama’s historic presidency and its effects on the changing landscape of race and blackness in America. How has race shaped Obama’s identity, career, and presidency? What can we learn from his major race speeches about his approach to racial conflict and the black criticism it provokes?
Dyson was granted an exclusive interview with the president for this book, and Obama’s own voice shines through. Along with interviews with Eric Holder, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters, and others, this intimate access provides a unique depth to this engrossing analysis of the nation’s first black president, and how race shapes and will shape our understanding of his achievements and failures alike.
“Readers will recognize Dyson's practiced flair for language and metaphor as he makes an important and layered argument about American political culture and the narrowness of presidential speech. . . [The Black Presidency] might well be considered an interpretive miracle.”—New York Times Book Review
“Immensely engaging, unflinchingly honest, and appropriately provocative, Michael Eric Dyson proves, once again, that he is without peer when it comes to contextualizing race in twenty-first-century America. . . a must-read for anyone who wants to better understand America’s racial past, present, and future.”—Gilbert King, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Devil in the Grove
“A brilliant and complicated portrait of a brilliant and complicated president.”—Salon
Michael Eric Dyson dives deep into the true meaning of Barack Obama’s historic presidency and its effects on the changing landscape of race and blackness in America. How has race shaped Obama’s identity, career, and presidency? What can we learn from his major race speeches about his approach to racial conflict and the black criticism it provokes?
Dyson was granted an exclusive interview with the president for this book, and Obama’s own voice shines through. Along with interviews with Eric Holder, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters, and others, this intimate access provides a unique depth to this engrossing analysis of the nation’s first black president, and how race shapes and will shape our understanding of his achievements and failures alike.
“Readers will recognize Dyson's practiced flair for language and metaphor as he makes an important and layered argument about American political culture and the narrowness of presidential speech. . . [The Black Presidency] might well be considered an interpretive miracle.”—New York Times Book Review
“Immensely engaging, unflinchingly honest, and appropriately provocative, Michael Eric Dyson proves, once again, that he is without peer when it comes to contextualizing race in twenty-first-century America. . . a must-read for anyone who wants to better understand America’s racial past, present, and future.”—Gilbert King, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Devil in the Grove
Editions
Hardcover
1 edition from Houghton Mifflin (February 2, 2016)
9780544387669 | details & prices | 346 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $27.00
About: A provocative and lively deep dive into the meaning of America's first black presidency, from “one of the most graceful and lucid intellectuals writing on race and politics today” (Vanity Fair).
About: A provocative and lively deep dive into the meaning of America's first black presidency, from “one of the most graceful and lucid intellectuals writing on race and politics today” (Vanity Fair).
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Mariner Books (January 31, 2017)
9780544811805 | details & prices | 336 pages | List price $15.95
About: A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice “A brilliant and complicated portrait of a brilliant and complicated president.
About: A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice “A brilliant and complicated portrait of a brilliant and complicated president.
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