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 |
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New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2014] | ||
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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] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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-9910812109303321 |
Wellman Judith
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New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2014] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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