Stories of freedom in Black New York /
White recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. Through research, he imaginatively recovers the raucous world of the street, the elegance of the city's African American balls and the grubbiness of the Police Office.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2002.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | White recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. Through research, he imaginatively recovers the raucous world of the street, the elegance of the city's African American balls and the grubbiness of the Police Office. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations |
Premios: | Co-winner of the James A. Rawley Prize, Organization of American Historians; Winner of the Dixon Ryan Fox Prize, New York State Historical Association |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-249) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780674045149 0674045149 0674025784 9780674025783 |