Brooklyn's Promised Land : The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York / / Judith Wellman
| Brooklyn's Promised Land : The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York / / Judith Wellman |
| Autore | Wellman Judith |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina | 974.723 |
| Soggetto topico | African Americans - New York (State) - New York - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8147-4446-X
0-8147-2528-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Brooklyn’s promised land, weeksville, 1835–1910: “a model for places of much greater pretensions” -- 1. “Here will we take our stand”: weeksville’s origins, from slavery to freedom, 1770–1840 -- 2. “Owned and occupied by our own people”: weeksville’s growth: family, work, and community, 1840–1860 -- 3. “Shall we fly or shall we resist?”: from emigration to the civil war, 1850–1865 -- 4. “Fair schools, a fine building, finished writers, strong minded women”: politics, women’s activism, and the roots of progressive reform, 1865–1910 -- 5. “Cut through and gridironed by streets”: physical changes, 1860–1880 -- 6. “Part of this magically growing city”: weeksville’s growth and disappearance, 1880–1910 -- 7. “A seemingly viable neighborhood that no longer exists”: weeksville, lost and found, 1910–2010 -- Notes -- Index -- About the author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910479863803321 |
Wellman Judith
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| New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Brooklyn's Promised Land : The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York / / Judith Wellman
| Brooklyn's Promised Land : The Free Black Community of Weeksville, New York / / Judith Wellman |
| Autore | Wellman Judith |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina | 974.723 |
| Soggetto topico | African Americans - New York (State) - New York - History |
| ISBN |
0-8147-4446-X
0-8147-2528-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Brooklyn’s promised land, weeksville, 1835–1910: “a model for places of much greater pretensions” -- 1. “Here will we take our stand”: weeksville’s origins, from slavery to freedom, 1770–1840 -- 2. “Owned and occupied by our own people”: weeksville’s growth: family, work, and community, 1840–1860 -- 3. “Shall we fly or shall we resist?”: from emigration to the civil war, 1850–1865 -- 4. “Fair schools, a fine building, finished writers, strong minded women”: politics, women’s activism, and the roots of progressive reform, 1865–1910 -- 5. “Cut through and gridironed by streets”: physical changes, 1860–1880 -- 6. “Part of this magically growing city”: weeksville’s growth and disappearance, 1880–1910 -- 7. “A seemingly viable neighborhood that no longer exists”: weeksville, lost and found, 1910–2010 -- Notes -- Index -- About the author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787147003321 |
Wellman Judith
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| New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2014] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Brooklyn's Renaissance : Commerce, Culture, and Community in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World / / by Melissa Meriam Bullard
| Brooklyn's Renaissance : Commerce, Culture, and Community in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World / / by Melissa Meriam Bullard |
| Autore | Bullard Melissa Meriam <1946-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (458 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 974.723 |
| Soggetto topico |
United States - History
Civilization - History Cities and towns - History Ethnology - America Culture World history US History Cultural History Urban History American Culture World History, Global and Transnational History |
| ISBN |
9783319501765
3319501763 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Parallel Renaissances in the Atlantic World -- Chapter 3: Black Ball Business and Commercial Networks -- Chapter 4: First Steps Towards Brooklyn's Renaissance -- Chapter 5: Symphony of the Arts -- Chapter 6: Sociability, Civil War and a Diverted Renaissance -- Chapter 7: Culture of War Relief -- Chapter 8: Brooklyn's Changing Complexion -- Chapter 9: Impact on the Arts -- Chapter 10: A Fading Renaissance -- Appendix: Brooklyn's Principal Patrons. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254766703321 |
Bullard Melissa Meriam <1946->
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A history of the city of Brooklyn and Kings county / / edited by Stephen M. Ostrander and Alexander Black
| A history of the city of Brooklyn and Kings county / / edited by Stephen M. Ostrander and Alexander Black |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brooklyn : , : Published by subscription, , 1874 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (2 volumes, plates) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 974.723 |
| Collana | Genealogy & local history |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910137805203321 |
| Brooklyn : , : Published by subscription, , 1874 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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