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The myth of the Negro past

Melville J. Herskovits c1941 © Jean F. Herskovits
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  • American: General & Multiperiod
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  • Table of Contents

  • Reviews

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  • Frontmatter
  • FOREWORD (page ix)
  • PREFACE (page xiii)
  • I. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AFRICANISMS (page 1)
  • II. THE SEARCH FOR TRIBAL ORIGINS (page 33)
  • III. THE AFRICAN CULTURAL HERITAGE (page 54)
  • IV. ENSLAVEMENT AND THE REACTION TO SLAVE STATUS (page 86)
  • V. THE ACCULTURATIVE PROCESS (page 110)
  • VI. THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE: AFRICANISMS IN SECULAR LIFE (page 143)
  • VII. THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE: AFRICANISMS IN RELIGIOUS LIFE (page 207)
  • VIII. THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE: LANGUAGE AND THE ARTS (page 261)
  • IX. CONCLUSIONS (page 292)
  • REFERENCES (page 300)
  • APPENDIX. DIRECTIVES FOR FURTHER STUDY (page 326)
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 341)
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Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
PHQ 3.4 (4th Qtr. 1942): 438-440 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0885-6818%28194234%293%3A4%3C438%3ATMOTNP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C
ASR 7.2 (Apr. 1942): 289-290 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-1224%28194204%297%3A2%3C289%3ATMOTNP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23
Man 45 (Mar. 1945): 44 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0025-1496%28194503%2F04%291%3A45%3C44%3A2%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2
JNE 11.2 (Apr. 1942): 185-187 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2984%28194204%2911%3A2%3C185%3ATNAP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-5
JNH 27.1 (Jan. 1942): 115-118 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2992%28194201%2927%3A1%3C115%3ATMOTNP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-G
SF 21.1 (Oct. 1942): 109-111 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0037-7732%28194210%2F194305%2921%3A1%3C109%3AMLIAAT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-G
AANTH 46.1 (Jan. 1944): 131-134 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-7294%28194401%2F03%292%3A46%3A1%3C131%3ATMOTNP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q
JRAS 41.163 (Apr. 1942): 141-144 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0368-4016%28194204%2941%3A163%3C141%3ATMOTNP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A
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