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Autore: |
Lane Roger
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Titolo: |
William Dorsey's Philadelphia and ours : on the past and future of the Black city in America / / Roger Lane
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (508 pages) |
Disciplina: | 974.8/1100496073 |
Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - History |
Soggetto geografico: | Philadelphia (Pa.) History |
Philadelphia (Pa.) History Sources | |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1991. | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | William Dorsey's Philadelphia and ours ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-19-771801-9 |
1-280-52520-7 | |
0-19-536221-7 | |
1-4237-2628-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910823263003321 |
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