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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Frost, O. W. (Orcutt William), 1926- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: [Lexington] : University of Kentucky Press, 1957.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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