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The rise of Chicago's Black metropolis, 1920-1929 /

Christopher Robert Reed describes the rise of Chicago's 'black metropolis' of the 1920s, bringing to life the fleeting vibrancy of this dynamic period of racial consciousness and solidarity. Reed shows how African Americans rapidly transformed Chicago and achieved political and econom...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reed, Christopher Robert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2011]
Colección:New Black studies series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Demography and ethos
  • "The whirl of life" : the social structure
  • The golden decade of Black business
  • Labor : both fat and lean years
  • The struggle for control over Black politics and protest
  • Transformed religion and a proliferation of churches
  • Cultural and aesthetic expressions.