The Quest of the Silver Fleece Paperback / softback
by W. E. B. Du Bois
Part of the Mint Editions series
Paperback / softback
Description
When two young people are given a life-changing opportunity they encounter moral and systemic challenges that are directly tied to their racial and economic backgrounds.
In The Quest of the Silver Fleece, W.E.B. Du Bois confronts covert discrimination in contemporary America. Cotton, also known as “silver fleece,” is still a prized possession in the early-twentieth century.
It continues to generate massive profits that are barely distributed amongst its predominantly Black workforce.
Zora is a child of the South, and Bles, is a man with Northern sensibilities—yet, they both feel the weight of oppression.
Set in Alabama and Washington D.C., The Quest of the Silver Fleece examines the struggle for upward mobility and the compromises to sustain it. As a sociologist, Du Bois explores the ongoing effects of racial inequality in both the North and South.
With The Quest of the Silver Fleece, he highlights the glaring disparity between the white establishment and African American labor.
It’s an explicit indictment of continued oppression in a post-slavery society. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Quest of the Silver Fleece is both modern and readable.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:308 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Graphic Arts Books
- Publication Date:11/03/2021
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- ISBN:9781513271149
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:308 pages, Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Graphic Arts Books
- Publication Date:11/03/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781513271149
