{"product_id":"9781925240702","title":"Between The World And Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Coates, Ta-Nehisi, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 16\/07\/2015,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 166 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: The Text Publishing Company,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Text Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Ethnic studies\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781925240702\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 150 years since the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, the story of race and America has remained a brutally simple one, written on flesh: it is the story of the black body, exploited to create the country's foundational wealth, violently segregated to unite a nation after a civil war, and, today, still disproportionately threatened, locked up and killed in the streets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can America reckon with its fraught racial history?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ attempt to answer those questions, presented in the form of a letter to his adolescent son.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoates shares with his son the story of his own awakening to the truth about history and race through a series of revelatory experiences: immersion in nationalist mythology as a child; engagement with history, poetry and love at Howard University; travels to Civil War battlefields and the South Side of Chicago; a journey to France that reorients his sense of the world; and pilgrimages to the homes of mothers whose children's lives have been taken as American plunder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaken together, these stories map a winding path towards a kind of liberation—a journey from fear and confusion, to a full and honest understanding of the world as it is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasterfully woven from lyrical personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me offers a powerful new framework for understanding America's history and current crisis, and a transcendent vision for a way forward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36456290615449,"sku":"9781925240702","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781925240702.jpg?v=1601393800","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781925240702","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}