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Black metropolis; a study of Negro life in a northern city / St. Clair Drake and Horace R. Cayton, with an introduction by Richard Wright.
LIBRA F548.9 .N3 D68
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Drake, St. Clair.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Illinois--Chicago.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans--Economic conditions.
- Black or African American.
- Psychology, Social.
- Chicago.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Medical Subjects:
- Black or African American.
- Psychology, Social.
- Chicago.
- Penn Provenance:
- Fauset, Arthur Huff (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 809 pages : illustrations (including maps) diagrams ; 22 cm
- regular print
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harcourt, Brace and Co., [1945]
- Summary:
- This book is a historical and sociological account of the people of Chicago's South Side from the 1840s through the 1930s based on research conducted by Works Progress Administration field workers. It offers a comprehensive analysis of black migration, settlement, community structure, and black-white race relations in the first half of the twentieth century.
- Notes:
- "First edition."
- Bibliographical references included in "Notes and documentation" (pages 783-792) "A list of selected books dealing with the American Negro": pages 793-796.
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - Nonfiction, Winner, 1946
- Other Format:
- Online version: Drake, St. Clair. Black metropolis.
- OCLC:
- 1444853
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