Doesn't suit? No problem! You can return items for up to 30 days
You won't go wrong with a gift voucher. The gift recipient can choose anything from our offer.
Up to 30 days for returns
Invites readers to reconsider the politics and scope of the Roots phenomenon of the 1970s. Alex Haley's 1976 book was a publishing sensation, winning a National Book Award and a special Pulitzer Prize. The 1977 TV adaptation earned thirty-eight Emmy nominations. These essays interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery.