Negro Building

Black Americans in the World of Fairs and Museums

Negro Building
Mabel O Wilson
RRP:
NZ$ 66.99
Our Price:
NZ$ 53.59
Paperback
h229 x 152mm - 462pg
9 Feb 2021 US
International import eta 10-30 days
9780520383074
Out Of Stock
Currently no stock in-store, stock is sourced to your order
Focusing on Black Americans' participation in world' s fairs, Emancipation expositions, and early Black grassroots museums, Negro Building traces the evolution of Black public history from the Civil War through the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Mabel O. Wilson gives voice to the figures who conceived the curatorial content: Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, A. Philip Randolph, Horace Cayton, and Margaret Burroughs. Originally published in 2012, the book reveals why the Black cities of Chicago and Detroit became the sites of major Black historical museums rather than the nation' s capital, which would eventually become home for the Smithsonian' s National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in 2016.
"This is a fascinating, sharply analyzed, and well-writ ten account of the evolution of black leaders' efforts to use public forums to define and disseminate African American history and identity on their own terms, as well as to insert African Americans into broader narratives and ideologies of American and/or pan-African history. Of particular note is the value of Wilson' s interdisciplinary approach, which brings together methods and insights from fields ranging from art history to architecture, visual culture, and urban studies. By conceptualizing these social spaces as an extension of a black counterpublic sphere, where African Americans could formulate, debate, and articulate ideologies of race and nation that ran counter to white discourse, Wilson helps to place these venues within the broader political context of their time. " * American Historical Review * "Ambitious in its aim and far-reaching in its content, Wilson' s Negro Buildings provides a much-needed primer for the study of black-organized exhibitions found at World' s Fairs and Expositions from the late nineteenth century to the present. . . . With its interdisciplinary scope and nuanced analysis, scholars in a host of disciplines-African American studies, American Studies, Art History, History, and Museum Studies-will no doubt find the text useful. " * caa. reviews * "Wilson' s thoroughly researched and well-written narrative meticulously reconstructs the planning, execution, and impact of numerous expositions and fairs, drawing lines of continuity among them. In addition, ample illustrations provide readers with photographic images of the fairs, exhibition maps, and the artists' prints and sculptures displayed in the exhibits. Wilson' s interdisciplinary study should be valuable to scholars of world' s fairs, visual culture and architecture, and African American public history. " * Journal of African American History * "A valuable new study . . . a substantive and thoroughly researched monograph. " * Reviews in American History * "Well-researched, thoughtful, bold, and direct. " * Journal of American History *
Mabel O. Wilson is the Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, a Professor in African American and African Diasporic Studies, and the Associate Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS) at Columbia University.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780520383074
Published: 9 Feb 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 635g
Pages: 462

In stock - for items in stock we aim to dispatch the next business day. For delivery in NZ allow 2-5 business days, with rural taking a wee bit longer.

Locally sourced in NZ - stock comes from a NZ supplier with an approximate delivery of 7-15 business days.

International Imports - stock is imported into NZ, depending on air or sea shipping option from the international supplier stock can take 10-30 working days to arrive into NZ. 

Pre-order Titles - delivery will vary depending on where the title is published, if local stock is available in NZ then 5-7 business days, for international imports it can be 10-30 business days. In all cases we will access the quickest supply option.

Delivery Packaging - we ship all items in cardboard sleeves or by box with either packing paper or corn starch chips. (We avoid using plastics bubble bags)

Tracking - Orders are delivered by track and trace courier and are fully insured, tracking information will be sent by email once dispatched.

View our full Order & Delivery information