TY - BOOK AU - Shavit,Jacob TI - History in Black: African-Americans in search of an ancient past SN - 0714650625 AV - E184.65 .S5 2001 U1 - 973/.0496073/0072 MCC 21 PY - 2001/// CY - London, Portland, OR PB - Frank Cass KW - African Americans KW - Historiography KW - Afrocentrism KW - Civilization KW - Egyptian influences N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/00058947.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0652/00058947-d.html ER -