Apr 8, 2008
The Oxford African American Studies Center features the three-volume
Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895; the three-volume Black Women in America;
and the highly acclaimed Africana, a five-volume history of the African and African American
experience. The Center also includes content from forthcoming print publications including
the African American National Biography project (estimated at 8 volumes); and the
Encyclopedia of
African American Art and Architecture. In addition to these major reference works, AASC
offers
other key resources from Oxford's reference program, including the Concise Oxford Companion
to
African American Literature and selected articles from other reference works.
Core reference content is enhanced by material and features that help students expand their
research, including bibliographies, interactive timelines and maps, thematic photo essays and
image
collections, key primary source documents, and editorially selected links to Internet
resources.