Analytical Book Review
The book Black Reconstruction by W.E.B. Du Bois is one of the major books that reveal the post-Civil War US and the position of African Americans as well as their role in the war and changes that occurred to the position of African Americans. At the beginning of the book, Du Bois provides the description of the black worker, the white worker, and the planter. Steadily, the author shifts toward the revelation of burning problems in the US society and the intrinsic contradiction between workers and land owners, including former slave owners. The author uncovers the unbearable position of workers and reveals the role of African Americans in the possible transformation of the US society. In his later chapters, Du Bois attempts …show more content…
The book focuses on the problem of the position of African Americans and the role they have played in the Civil war and may play in the future of the US. The author views African Americans as the major driving force of profound changes in the US society. Du Bois explains his view on the role of African Americans by two main factors. On the one hand, African Americans comprise the most deprived group in the US society because of their former slavery and the current oppression and extreme poverty that put African Americans in the desperate position. This is why they …show more content…
Du Bois viewed African Americans as major driving force of changes in the US society because the abolition of slavery was one of the major drivers of the Civil War. As the position of African Americans remained very difficult, they had no other option but to continue their struggle for better life. In such a context, Du Bois, in his book, suggested the alternative way to the solution of their problems compared to the revolutionary or Civil War. He suggested the development of health care and education as the major priorities that could steadily close gaps between whites and African Americans and between rich and poor. In this regard, his own background had played probably determinant part in the elaboration of such solution to burning problems of the US society and African American
The book Black Reconstruction by W.E.B. Du Bois is one of the major books that reveal the post-Civil War US and the position of African Americans as well as their role in the war and changes that occurred to the position of African Americans. At the beginning of the book, Du Bois provides the description of the black worker, the white worker, and the planter. Steadily, the author shifts toward the revelation of burning problems in the US society and the intrinsic contradiction between workers and land owners, including former slave owners. The author uncovers the unbearable position of workers and reveals the role of African Americans in the possible transformation of the US society. In his later chapters, Du Bois attempts …show more content…
The book focuses on the problem of the position of African Americans and the role they have played in the Civil war and may play in the future of the US. The author views African Americans as the major driving force of profound changes in the US society. Du Bois explains his view on the role of African Americans by two main factors. On the one hand, African Americans comprise the most deprived group in the US society because of their former slavery and the current oppression and extreme poverty that put African Americans in the desperate position. This is why they …show more content…
Du Bois viewed African Americans as major driving force of changes in the US society because the abolition of slavery was one of the major drivers of the Civil War. As the position of African Americans remained very difficult, they had no other option but to continue their struggle for better life. In such a context, Du Bois, in his book, suggested the alternative way to the solution of their problems compared to the revolutionary or Civil War. He suggested the development of health care and education as the major priorities that could steadily close gaps between whites and African Americans and between rich and poor. In this regard, his own background had played probably determinant part in the elaboration of such solution to burning problems of the US society and African American