{"product_id":"quaker-brotherhood-interracial-activism-and-the-american-friends-service-committee-19171950-9780252037047","title":"Quaker Brotherhood  Interracial Activism and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe links among religion, race relations, and peace activism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first extensive examination of the Friends' interracial activism in the first half of the 20th century, focusing on the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), founded in 1917.  \u003ci\u003eQuaker Brotherhood\u003c\/i\u003e makes a significant contribution to our understanding of Quaker interracial activism in the early decades of the 20th century.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of African American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Austin's work is carefully researched and documented. He has painstakingly mined the rich archival collections of AFSC records in Philadelphia, and his book provides a comprehensive examination of decades of steady civil rights work leading up to the demonstration-based activism of the post-1950 period… Austin's narrative tells a previously untold story, one of importance to scholars in a broad range of fields, from U.S. history to African American studies, from public policy to conflict resolution.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eQuaker Brotherhood\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful, well written and solidly researched book that will undoubtedly help scholars better appreciate the Quakers' work to try to build a more racially just world in the first half of the twentieth century.\"--\u003ci\u003eQuaker Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \"Austin's book poses a set of provocative questions that examine the relationship between doctrinal purity and social change.\"--\u003ci\u003eIndiana Magazine of History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Austin's contribution reminds readers how important religion has been in promoting liberal causes for social justice throughout U.S. History.  Recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A useful addition to the history of American Quakers earnest, sometimes troubled, endeavours to achieve racial justice in American Society and peace in the world.\"--\u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eQuaker Brotherhood\u003c\/i\u003e more than succeeds in opening a window into the inner workings of one religious group's halting but no less significant racial journey.  In so doing, Austin brings race and religion into fruitful conversation.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036820308311,"sku":"9780252037047","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252037047.jpg?v=1750932659","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/quaker-brotherhood-interracial-activism-and-the-american-friends-service-committee-19171950-9780252037047","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}