Historical roots of the urban crisis : African Americans in the industrial city, 1900-1950 / Henry Louis Taylor Jr. and Walter Hill, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taylor, Henry Louis.

Hill, Walter.

Series:

Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1148.

Crosscurrents in African American history ; v. 7.

Crosscurrents in African American history ; v. 7

Garland reference library of social science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964.

African Americans.

African Americans--Social conditions.

African Americans--Economic conditions--20th century.

City and town life--United States--History--20th century.

City and town life.

Industries--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Industries.

Community development--United States--History--20th century.

Community development.

Urban policy--United States--History--20th century.

Urban policy.

History.

Industries--Social aspects.

African Americans--Economic conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxii, 297 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Garland Pub., 2000.

Contents:

Part I Home and Community Building 27

Chapter 1 A Unity of Opposites: The Black College-Educated Elite, Black Workers, and the Community Development Process / Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., Song-Ho Ha 29

Chapter 2 Creating the Metropolis in Black and White: Black Suburbanization and the Planning Movement in Cincinnati, 1900-1950 / Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. 51

Chapter 3 Municipal Harmony: Cultural Pluralism, Public Recreation, and Race Relations / Andrea Tuttle Kornbluh 73

Chapter 4 From Auburn Avenue to Buttermilk Bottom: Class and Community Dynamics among Atlanta's Blacks / Georgina Hickey 109

Chapter 5 Blacks in the Suburban and Rural Fringe / Andrew Wiese 145

Part II Work and Federal Policy 175

Chapter 6 African Americans in the U.S. Economy: Federal Policy and the Transformation of Work, 1915-1945 / Liesl Miller Orenic, Joe W. Trotter 177

Chapter 7 The Battle Against Wage Salvery: The National Urban League, the NAACP, and the Struggle over New Deal Policies / Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., Vicky Dula, Song-Ho Ha 209

Chapter 8 Building Bricks without Straw: Robert C. Weaver and Negro Industrial Employment, 1934-1944 / Sigmund Shipp 227

Chapter 9 Black Workers, Trade Unions, and Labor Standards: The Wartime FEPC / Eileen Boris 251

Epilogue: African Americans and the Dawning of the Postindustrial Era / Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., Mark Naison 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0815327498

OCLC:

41944563