Graham Russell Hodges's Books

Root and Branch

African Americans in New York and East Jersey, 1613-1863

By: Graham Russell Gao Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Root and Branch

African Americans in New York and East Jersey, 1613-1863

By: Graham Russell Gao Hodges

In this remarkable book, Graham Hodges presents a comprehensive history of African Americans in New York City and its rural environs from the arrival of the first African--a sailor marooned on Manhattan Island in 1613--to the bloody Draft Riots of 1863. Throughout, he explores the intertwined themes of freedom and servitude, city and countryside, and work, religion, and resistance that shaped black life in the region through two and a half centuries. Hodges chronicles the lives of the first free black settlers in the Dutch-ruled city, the gradual slide into enslavement after the British takeover, the fierce era of slavery, and the painfully slow process of emancipation. He pays particular attention to the black religious experience in all its complexity and to the vibrant slave culture that was shaped on the streets and in the taverns. Together, Hodges shows, these two potent forces helped fuel the long and arduous pilgrimage to liberty.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

427

Publisher

Univ of North Carolina Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0807876011

ISBN 13

9780807876015

Slavery and Freedom in the Rural North

African Americans in Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1665-1865

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Slavery and Freedom in the Rural North

African Americans in Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1665-1865

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Focusing on the development of a single African American community in eastern New Jersey, Hodges examines the experience of slavery and freedom in the rural north. This unique social history addresses many long held assumptions about the experience of slavery and emancipation outside the south. For example, by tracing the process by which whites maintained "a durable architecture of oppression" and a rigid racial hierarchy, it challenges the notions that slavery was milder and that racial boundaries were more permeable in the north. Monmouth County, New Jersey, because of its rich African American heritage and equally well-preserved historical record, provides an outstanding opportunity to study the rural life of an entire community over the course of two centuries. Hodges weaves an intricate pattern of life and death, work and worship, from the earliest settlement to the end of the Civil War.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

262

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

0945612516

ISBN 13

9780945612513

Slavery and Freedom in the Rural North

African Americans in Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1665-1865

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Slavery and Freedom in the Rural North

African Americans in Monmouth County, New Jersey, 1665-1865

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

262

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

0945612516

ISBN 13

9780945612513

Black New Jersey

1664 to the Present Day

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Black New Jersey

1664 to the Present Day

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Black New Jersey brings to life generations of courageous men and women who fought for freedom during slavery days and later battled racial discrimination. Extensively researched, it shines a light on New Jersey's unique African American history and reveals how the state's black citizens helped to shape the nation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

381

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0813595185

ISBN 13

9780813595184

An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties and Literature of Negroes

By: Henri Gregoire,Graham Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties and Literature of Negroes

By: Henri Gregoire,Graham Hodges

Amongst other things, this book is a devastating critique of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, in which he mused about black inferiority. Its publication in 1810, after Jefferson's opposition to its appearance, was a major event for African Americans.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

144

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1315479710

ISBN 13

9781315479712

The House Servant's Directory

By: Robert Roberts,Graham Russell Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The House Servant's Directory

By: Robert Roberts,Graham Russell Hodges

Robert Roberts' The House Servant's Directory, first published in 1827 and the standard for household management for decades afterward, is remarkable for several reasons: It is one of the first books written by an African American and issued by a commercial press, and it was written while Roberts (ca. 1780-1860) was in the employ of Christopher Gore (1758-1827), a former senator from and governor of Massachusetts (and ancestor of the novelist Gore Vidal). Gore Place, where Roberts worked from 1825 to 1827, is one of the grandest neoclassical mansions built in America. Not only was the extraordinary set of recommendations that Roberts made about relations between servants and their masters unique for its time, but his many recipes for cleaning furniture and clothing and for purchasing, preparing, and serving food and drink for small and large dinners are also still useful today. As portrayed in Graham Hodges' introduction, Roberts' own story is a unique window into the work habits and thoughts of America's domestic workers and into antebellum African American politics. Of particular note is Roberts' contribution to the emergence of new self-perceptions of black manliness. Written at a time when male Americans in general were reconsidering the construction of masculinity, Roberts' advice to his fellow servants fostered black dignity for work that few felt merited respect, and his counsel to employers on proper treatment of their servants insisted on their humanity and respect for their skills.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

240

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1315503360

ISBN 13

9781315503363

Slavery and Freedom Among Early American Workers

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Slavery and Freedom Among Early American Workers

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Covering a chronological span from the seventeenth century to the Civil War, the book reunites black and labor history, including such major topics as the formation of slavery in the North, the American Revolution, blacks and the Workingmen's Movement, and interracial marriage before the Civil War. This book provides fascinating reading for students of American history, labor history, urban history, and black history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

197

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1315503395

ISBN 13

9781315503394

New York City Cartmen, 1667-1850

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

New York City Cartmen, 1667-1850

By: Graham Russell Hodges

The cartmen—unskilled workers who hauled goods on one horsecarts—were perhaps the most important labor group in early American cities. The forerunners of the Teamsters Union, these white-frocked laborers moved almost all of the nation’s possessions, touching the lives of virtually every American. New York City Cartmen, 1667–1850 tells the story of this vital group of laborers. Besides documenting the cartmen’s history, the book also demonstrates the tremendous impact of government intervention into the American economy via the creation of labor laws. The cartmen possessed a hard-nosed political awareness, and because they transported essential goods, they achieved a status in New York City far above their skills or financial worth. Civic support and discrimination helped the cartmen create a community all their own. The cartmen's culture and their relationship with New York's municipal government are the direct ancestors of the city's fabled taxicab drivers. But this book is about the city itself. It is a stirring street-level account of the growth of New York, growth made possible by the efforts of the cartmen and other unskilled laborers. Containing 23 black-and-white illustrations, New York City Cartmen is informative reading for social, urban, and labor historians.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

247

Publisher

NYU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0814724612

ISBN 13

9780814724613

Slavery, Freedom and Culture Among Early American Workers

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Slavery, Freedom and Culture Among Early American Workers

By: Graham Russell Hodges

This text consists of six chapters, all on the related subjects of black revolt, slavery, freemanship and labour. A short introduction organizes the collection and argues its importance for historians of early American labour, slavery, black studies and general history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

204

Publisher

M.E. Sharpe

Published Date

ISBN 10

0765601133

ISBN 13

9780765601131

Anna May Wong

From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend

By: Graham Russell Gao Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Anna May Wong

From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend

By: Graham Russell Gao Hodges

Anna May Wong remains one of Hollywood's best-known Chinese American actors. Between 1919 and 1960, Anna May Wong starred in over fifty movies, sharing billing with stars such as Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Ramon Novarro, and Warner Oland. Her life, though, is the prototypical story of an immigrant's difficult path through the prejudices of American culture. Born in Los Angeles in 1905, she was the second daughter of seven children born to a laundryman and his wife. Childhood experience fueled her fascination with Hollywood. By 1919 she secured a small part in her first film, The Red Lantern, and she continued to act up until her death. Her most famous film roles were in The Toll of the Sea, Peter Pan, The Thief of Baghdad, Old San Francisco, and Shanghai Express. But discrimination against Asians, in both in the film industry and society, was commonplace, and when it came time to make a film version of Pearl Buck's The Good Earth, she was passed over for the Chinese female lead role, which was ultimately given to the white actor Luise Rainer. In a narrative that recalls the pathos of life in Los Angeles's Chinese neighborhoods and the glamour of Hollywood's pleasure palaces, Graham Russell Gao Hodges recovers the life of a Hollywood legend.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

403

Publisher

Chicago Review Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1641608854

ISBN 13

9781641608855

David Ruggles

A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

David Ruggles

A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York City

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Presents the life of the most prominent black abolitionist of antebellum America, describing his work as a writer and activist whose assistance to runaway slaves in New York City inspired the formation of the Underground Railroad.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

282

Publisher

Univ of North Carolina Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0807833266

ISBN 13

9780807833261

The Sounds of Slavery

Discovering African American History Through Songs, Sermons, and Speech

By: Shane White,Graham J. White

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Sounds of Slavery

Discovering African American History Through Songs, Sermons, and Speech

By: Shane White,Graham J. White

Publisher description

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

274

Publisher

Beacon Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0807050261

ISBN 13

9780807050262

Black New Jersey

1664 to the Present Day

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Black New Jersey

1664 to the Present Day

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

381

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0813595185

ISBN 13

9780813595184

Taxi!

A Social History of the New York City Cabdriver

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Taxi!

A Social History of the New York City Cabdriver

By: Graham Russell Hodges

Publisher description

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

244

Publisher

JHU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

080188554X

ISBN 13

9780801885549

Trying Leviathan

The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature

By: D. Graham Burnett

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Trying Leviathan

The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature

By: D. Graham Burnett

In Moby-Dick, Ishmael declares, "Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me." Few readers today know just how much argument Ishmael is waiving aside. In fact, Melville's antihero here takes sides in one of the great controversies of the early nineteenth century--one that ultimately had to be resolved in the courts of New York City. In Trying Leviathan, D. Graham Burnett recovers the strange story of Maurice v. Judd, an 1818 trial that pitted the new sciences of taxonomy against the then-popular--and biblically sanctioned--view that the whale was a fish. The immediate dispute was mundane: whether whale oil was fish oil and therefore subject to state inspection. But the trial fueled a sensational public debate in which nothing less than the order of nature--and how we know it--was at stake. Burnett vividly recreates the trial, during which a parade of experts--pea-coated whalemen, pompous philosophers, Jacobin lawyers--took the witness stand, brandishing books, drawings, and anatomical reports, and telling tall tales from whaling voyages. Falling in the middle of the century between Linnaeus and Darwin, the trial dramatized a revolutionary period that saw radical transformations in the understanding of the natural world. Out went comfortable biblical categories, and in came new sorting methods based on the minutiae of interior anatomy--and louche details about the sexual behaviors of God's creatures. When leviathan breached in New York in 1818, this strange beast churned both the natural and social orders--and not everyone would survive.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

299

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1400833981

ISBN 13

9781400833986

Stylin'

African American Expressive Culture from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit

By: Shane White,Graham J. White

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Stylin'

African American Expressive Culture from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit

By: Shane White,Graham J. White

An exploration of African-American style from its African origins to the 1940s, looking at the ways in which African-American men and women have expressed themselves through clothing, hairstyles, gestures, dance, and other forms of bodily display.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

Cornell University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0801482836

ISBN 13

9780801482830

An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, and Literature of Negroes

By: Henri Grégoire,Graham Russell Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

An Enquiry Concerning the Intellectual and Moral Faculties, and Literature of Negroes

By: Henri Grégoire,Graham Russell Hodges

Gregoire was an early nineteenth century French Roman Catholic bishop who turned his attention to the place of African Americans in Catholic and Euro-American thought. His work is, among other things, a devastating critique of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, in which the third president muses about black inferiority. Gregoire's views made an American edition difficult, as Jefferson opposed the book's appearance. An Enquiry is one of the few of Gregoire's thirty-plus books to be translated into English, and its publication in Brooklyn in 1810 was an event for African Americans. In this new edition, Graham Hodges presents a pristine reproduction of the original text in modern font, and offers a critical introduction to Gregoire, Franco-American abolitionism, and the influence of this important work on the development of the African American intellectual tradition.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

178

Publisher

M.E. Sharpe

Published Date

ISBN 10

1563249138

ISBN 13

9781563249136

Friends of Liberty

Thomas Jefferson, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, and Agrippa Hull

By: Gary Nash,Graham Russell Gao Hodges

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Friends of Liberty

Thomas Jefferson, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, and Agrippa Hull

By: Gary Nash,Graham Russell Gao Hodges

Friends of Liberty tells the remarkable story of three men whose lives were braided together by issues of liberty and race that fueled revolutions across two continents. Thomas Jefferson wrote the founding documents of the United States. Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a hero of the American Revolution and later led a spectacular but failed uprising in Poland, his homeland. Agrippa Hull, a freeborn black New Englander, volunteered at eighteen to join the Continental Army. During the Revolution, Hull served Kosciuszko as an orderly, and the two became fast friends. Kosciuszko's abhorrence of bondage shaped histhinking about the oppression in his own land. When Kosciuszko returned to America in the 1790s, bearing the wounds of his own failed revolution, he and Jefferson forged an intense friendship based on their shared dreams for the global expansion of human freedom. They sealed their bond with a blood compact whereby Jefferson would liberate his slaves upon Kosciuszko's death. But Jefferson died without fulfilling the promise he had made to Kosciuszko-and to a fledgling nation founded on the principle of liberty and justice for all.

Average ratings

N/A