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:

Hill, Walter.

Taylor, Henry Louis.

Series:

Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1148.

Crosscurrents in African American history ; v. 7

Garland reference library of social sciences ; vol. 1148

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

African Americans.

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.

African Americans--Social conditions--To 1964.

Physical Description:

xxii, 297 p. ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Garland Pub., 2000.

Contents:

A unity of opposites : the Black college-educated elite, Black workers, and the community development process / Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., and Song-Ho Ha

Creating the metropolis in Black and white : Black suburbanization and the planning movement in Cincinnati, 1900-1950 / Henry Louis Taylor, Jr.

Municipal harmony : cultural pluralism, public recreation, and race relations / Andrea Tuttle Kornbluh

From Auburn Avenue to Buttermilk Bottom : class and community dynamics among Atlanta's Blacks / Georgina Hickey

Blacks in the suburban and rural fringe / Andrew Wiese

African Americans in the U.S. economy : federal policy and the transformation of work, 1915-1945 / Liesl Miller Orenic and Joe W. Trotter

The battle against wage slavery : the National Urban League, the NAACP, and the struggle over New Deal policies / Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., Vicky Dula, and Song-Ho Ha

Building bricks without straw : Robert C. Weaver and Negro industrial employment, 1934-1944 / Sigmund Shipp

Black workers, trade unions, and labor standards : the wartime FEPC / Eileen Boris

Epilogue : African Americans and the dawning of the postindustrial era / Henry Louis Taylor, Jr., and Mark Naison.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

ISBN:

0815327498 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

41944563