William Dorsey's Philadelphia and ours : on the past and future of the Black City in America / Roger Lane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lane, Roger, 1934- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dorsey, William Henry.

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--Sources.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (508 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focusing on material collected by William Henry Dorsey, Philadelphia's first black historian, this study traces the development of one of America's largest black urban communities from the end of the American Civil War, when many blacks fled the South in search of an freedom.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; PART I: THE MEDIUM AND THE MESSAGE: THE DORSEY COLLECTION AND THE BLACK PORTRAIT IN THE POPULAR PRESS; PART II: OCCUPATIONS AND MAKING A LIVING; PART III: THE WEB OF ORGANIZATION: RELIGION, RACE, CLASS, AND RECREATION; PART IV: WILLIAM DORSEY'S CITY AND OURS; APPENDIX I. The William Henry Dorsey Collection at Cheyney State University; APPENDIX II. Sources for William Dorsey and His Family; APPENDIX III. Philadelphians Most Noted in the Dorsey Collection; APPENDIX IV. ""Elite"" Philadelphians, 1860's and 1890's; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771801-9

1-280-52520-7

0-19-536221-7

1-4237-2628-6

OCLC:

191929764