Peter Ling

Gebundenes Buch

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Beschreibung

Peter Ling's acclaimed biography of Martin Luther King Jr combines a detailed narrative of Martin Luther King's life with the key historiographical debates surrounding him and places both within the historical context of the Civil Rights Movement. This fully revised and updated second edition includes an extended look at Black Power and a detailed analysis of the memorialization of King since his death, with particular focus on President Obama's 50th anniversary address.

Autor

Peter J. Ling is Professor of American Studies in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham. His previous works include the edited collection, Gender and the Civil Rights Movement, (2004), a history of the Democratic Party (2004) and a biography of John F. Kennedy (2013).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 132mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781138781610
• ISBN-10: 1138781614
• Artikelnr.: 41372971

Rezensionen

Praise of the first edition:

'Peter Ling's Martin Luther King, Jr. is a thoughtful, perceptive, and thoroughly well-informed work of scholarship. It is an excellent treatment of an impressive and inspiring human being.' David J. Garrow, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Bearing the Cross

'This is the best compact biography of Martin Luther King available. With skill and insight, Peter Ling tells the story of King's life within the context of the evolving civil rights movement.' Jim Ralph, Middlebury College

'Peter Ling's biography of Martin Luther King Jr. is a singular accomplishment. What other distinguished scholars have written in mammoth volumes, Ling has carefully and succinctly presented in a highly readable and perceptive brief book.' Stephen Lawson, Rutgers University