Black citymakers : how the Philadelphia Negro changed urban America

Black citymakers : how the Philadelphia Negro changed urban America / Marcus Anthony Hunter.

'Black Citymakers' revisits the Black Seventh Ward neighborhood and residents of W.E.B. DuBois's 'The Philadelphia Negro' over the twentieth century. Hunter's analysis demonstrates that black Philadelphians were by not mere victims of large scale socio-economic and poli...

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Main Author: Hunter, Marcus Anthony
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Politics and government.
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions.
Urban policy > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Urban policy > United States > History > Case studies.
African Americans > Politics and government
African Americans > Social conditions
Race relations
Social conditions
Urban policy
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Race relations.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
United States
Case studies
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:'Black Citymakers' revisits the Black Seventh Ward neighborhood and residents of W.E.B. DuBois's 'The Philadelphia Negro' over the twentieth century. Hunter's analysis demonstrates that black Philadelphians were by not mere victims of large scale socio-economic and political change, but active participants influencing the direction of urban policy and change.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 286 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0199333203
9780199333202
9780199948147
0199948143
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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