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UNINA9910777771503321 |
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Autore |
Ferguson Jeffrey B. <1964-2018, > |
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Titolo |
The Sage of Sugar Hill : George S. Schuyler and the Harlem Renaissance / / Jeffrey Ferguson |
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New Haven, CT : , : Yale University Press, , [2008] |
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©2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-72289-8 |
9786611722890 |
0-300-13346-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Intellectual life - 20th century |
Novelists, American - 20th century |
Conservatives - United States |
Journalists - United States |
African American journalists |
African American novelists |
African American conservatives |
Harlem Renaissance |
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-288) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Problem of George S. Schuyler -- 2. The Ten Commandments -- 3. "The Right to Laugh" -- 4. Debunking Blackness -- 5. "The Rising Tide of Color" -- 6. The Black Mencken -- 7. Hokum and Beyond -- 8. "Black No More" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Credits -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is the first to focus a bright light on the life and early career of George S. Schuyler, one of the most important intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance. A popular journalist in black America, Schuyler wielded a sharp, double-edged wit to attack the foibles of both blacks and whites throughout the 1920s. Jeffrey B. Ferguson presents a new |
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