After Life: A Collective History of Loss and Redemption in Pandemic America by R

Description: After Life by Rhae Lynn Barnes, Keri Leigh Merritt, Yohuru Williams Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description After Lifeis a collective history of how Americans experienced, navigated, commemorated, and ignored mass death and loss during the global COVID-19 pandemic, mass uprisings for racial justice, and the near presidential coup in 2021 following the 2020 election.Inspired by the writers who documented American life during the Great Depression and World War II for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the editors asked twenty-first-century historians and legal experts to focus on the parallels, convergences, and differences between the exceptional "long 2020", while it unfolds, and earlier eras in U.S. History.Introduction explains how COVID-19 and Americas long history of inequality, combined with a corrupt and unconcerned federal government, produced one of the darkest times in our nations history. Discussing the rise of the COVID-19 death toll in the United States, eventually exceeding the 1918 flu, the AIDS epidemic, and the Civil War, it ties public health, immigration, white supremacy, elections history, and epidemics together, and provides a short history of the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 and the beginnings of a Third Reconstruction.documents how Americans have dealt with grief, pain, and loss, both individually and communally, and how we endure and thrive. The title is an affirmation that even in our suspended half-living during lockdowns and quarantines, we are a nation of survivors-with an unprecedented chance to rebuild society in a more equitable way. Author Biography Rhae Lynn Barnesis an Assistant Professor at Princeton University andtheSheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University.She was the 2020 President of the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography. Barnes is the author of the forthcoming bookDarkology: When the American Dream Wore Blackface.Reconsidering Southern Labor History: Race, Class, and Power.Teaching Beyond the Textbook: Six Investigative Strategies. Details ISBN 1642598755 ISBN-13 9781642598759 Title After Life Author Rhae Lynn Barnes, Keri Leigh Merritt, Yohuru Williams Format Hardcover Year 2022 Pages 360 Publisher Haymarket Books GE_Item_ID:140149490; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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