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Cincinnati in the 1870's was the largest inland city in the nation. Much of its prosperity and growth it owed to the commerce which floated along its Ohio River boundary on the way between Pittsburgh and New Orleans. This traffic also sustained a unique African American culture -- saloonkeepers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Frost, O. W. (Orcutt William), 1926- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lexington] : University of Kentucky Press, 1957.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Manners and customs.
Levees.
African Americans > Social life and customs.
African Americans.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Levees > Ohio, Vallee de l'.
Noirs americains > Ohio > Cincinnati > Moeurs et coutumes.
Noirs americains > Moeurs et coutumes.
Noirs americains > Ohio > Cincinnati.
Levees > Ohio River Valley.
African Americans > Ohio > Cincinnati > Social life and customs.
African Americans > Ohio > Cincinnati.
Ohio River Valley.
Ohio > Cincinnati.
Cincinnati (Ohio) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • A child of the levee
  • Dolly
  • Banjo Jim's story
  • Pariah people
  • Jot
  • Ole man Pickett
  • Levee life
  • Black varieties
  • "Butler's"
  • Auntie Porter
  • The rising of the waters
  • Genius loci.

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