Eric Porter: 4 books

Book cover of The Problem of the Future World

The Problem of the Future World

W. E. B. Du Bois and the Race Concept at Midcentury

by Eric Porter
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010

The Problem of the Future World is a compelling reassessment of the later writings of the iconic African American activist and intellectual W. E. B. Du Bois. As Eric Porter points out, despite the outpouring of scholarship devoted to Du Bois, the broad range of writing he produced during the 1940s...
Book cover of New Orleans Suite

New Orleans Suite

Music and Culture in Transition

by Lewis Watts, Eric Porter
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013

With New Orleans Suite, Eric Porter and Lewis Watts join the post-Katrina conversation about New Orleans and its changing cultural scene. Using both visual evidence and the written word, Watts and Porter pay homage to the city, its region, and its residents, by mapping recent and often contradictory...
Book cover of Ace!: A Marine Night-Fighter In World War II
by Colonel R. Bruce Porter with Eric Hammel
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2009

"From flight training, Bruce Porter's aeronautical skills as a Marine day- and night-fighter pilot defined the term fighter ace! Bruce's book reflects the keen, analytical mind of a fighter pilot's technical skills projected into combat. This book is a 'must' for anyone interested in combat aviation...
Book cover of The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age

Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America

by Eric Arnesen, Robert G. Barrows, Michael Les Benedict
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006

The United States that entered the twentieth century was vastly different from the nation that emerged from the Civil War. Industrialization, mass immigration, the growing presence of women in the work force, and the rapid advance of the cities had transformed American society. Broad in scope, The Gilded...
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