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History in Black :

Shavit, Jacob.

History in Black : African-Americans in search of an ancient past / Yaacov Shavit. - London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2001. - xix, 422 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-404) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Foundations of Afrocentric Universal History -- 2. The Revival of Ancient Historical Traditions in Black America: -- The Four Revised 'Ancient Models' -- 3. Making-up Stories of Egypt -- 4. The Egyptian Tyranny over Greece in the Bronze Age -- 5. The Glory that Was Egypt: The Heliocentric Theory -- 6. The Second Ancient Model: A History of Debt -- 7. Ancient Egypt and the Foundation of Western Philosophy and -- Science -- 8. The Quest for Ancient Egypt's Black Identity -- 9. The Curse of Canaan and the Black Presence in the Bible -- 10. The 'Noble Ethiopian': Symbol and Reality -- 11. Egypt, Africa and the Nile Valley as an Afrocentric Dilemma -- 12. From India to Ethiopia (Kush): The Invention of the Fictitious -- Kushite Empire -- 13. Black Columbus and Black Natives in the New World -- 14. Conclusion -- Appendix: Josephus' Guilt and the Afrocentric Misuse of His -- Account -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

0714650625

00058947


African Americans--Historiography.
Afrocentrism.
Civilization--Egyptian influences.

E184.65 / .S5 2001

973/.0496073/0072 MCC