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Currents in American Scholarship is a series of definitive bibliographies on specific topics authored by prominent scholars from across the U.S.

The African-American Reader is an anthology of essays on African-American history, culture, and society for advanced students, teachers, and scholars. These publications can be downloaded for free below.

Further Study of the U.S. publications, and other works that explore U.S. history and culture, can be accessed from the Office of English Language Programs.

Currents in American Scholarship

		Title: Philosophy in the United States* Authors: John Lachs and Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University January 2005. (2.93MB PDF)
		Title: The Study of American Politics* Authors: James W. Ceaser and Richard Drew, University of Virginia December 2004. (2.47MB PDF)
		Title: New Directions in American Literary Scholarship 1980-2002* Author: Emory Elliott and Craig Svonkin, University of California, Riverside March 2004. (1.95MB PDF)
		Title: Colonial American History* Author: Jack P. Greene, Johns Hopkins University March 2004. (1.59MB PDF)
		Title: Twentieth Century United States History* Authors: James T. Patterson, Robert Fleegler, and Andrew Huebner, Brown University January 2004. (1.13MB PDF)
		Title: American Studies Bibliography* Author: Bernard Mergen, George Washington University August 2003. (1.00MB PDF)
		Title: American Religious History* Author: Catherine L. Albanese, The University of California Santa Barbara December 2002. (904KB PDF)

African-American Reader

Title: Essays on African-American History, Culture, and Society
Editors: William R. Scott and William G. Shade, Lehigh University
March 2005

Download by Section

• Preface and Introduction
• Part One: Out of Africa
• Part Two: Slavery
• Part Three: Up from Slavery
• Part Four: African-American Identity and Culture
• Part Five: Religion, Class, and Family
• Part Six: A Dream Deferred
• Bibliography and Contributors

* The publications are available in PDF format. To view these files, you will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader, which may be downloaded free of charge.

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