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Record Nr.

UNISA996247990103316

Autore

White Shane

Titolo

Stories of freedom in Black New York / / Shane White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-674-04514-9

Edizione

[1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Disciplina

974.7100496073

Soggetti

African Americans - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th century

African Americans - New York (State) - New York - Intellectual life - 19th century

African Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions - 19th century

African American theater - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th century

African American actors - New York (State) - New York

Slavery - Social aspects - New York (State) - New York - History - 19th century

New York (N.Y.) History 1775-1865

New York (N.Y.) Race relations

New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction 1. The End of Slavery 2. Staging Freedom 3. Shakespeare's True Representative 4. Imitation Epilogue Notes Acknowledgments Index

Sommario/riassunto

White recreates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. Through research, he imaginatively recovers the raucous world of the street, the elegance of the city's African American balls and the grubbiness of the Police Office.