Up South–Now in Paperback

Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia

Matthew J. Countryman

432 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 14 illus.

Cloth 2005 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3894-5 | $42.50 | £28.00

Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-2002-5 | $22.50 | £15.00

A volume in the Politics and Culture in Modern America series

Winner of the 2006 Liberty Legacy Foundation Award of the Organization of American Historians

Up South"Up South deftly integrates civil rights, black power, and urban history to craft a powerful portrait of black activism in postwar Philadelphia. This brilliant, innovative, and richly researched study deserves the widest possible readership."–Journal of American History

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