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White Shane
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Titolo: |
Stories of freedom in Black New York / / Shane White
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Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2002 |
Edizione: | 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
Disciplina: | 974.7100496073 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
Soggetto geografico: | New York (N.Y.) History 1775-1865 |
New York (N.Y.) Race relations | |
New York (N.Y.) Intellectual life 19th century | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Stories of freedom in Black New York ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-674-04514-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910808399303321 |
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