The New African American Urban History

1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-7619-0309-3
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 389 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

In recent decades, an exciting new scholarship has emerged that is changing the way African American urban history is perceived. While earlier studies often portrayed African Americans as passive and powerless or as victims of white racism and slum pathologies, The New African American Urban History emphasizes the "new" scholarship that conveys a sense of active involvement. It supports the view of African Americans as people empowered, engaged in struggle, living their lives with dignity, and shaping their own futures. In this perceptive volume, contributors examine the great modern migrations of African Americans to the city, the creation and expansion of black communities, and black life and culture--with special emphasis on working-class culture. This collecton of essays, written by prominent scholars, comes together in perfect harmony with a common thematic approach and interpretive analysis, which has shaped new writing in the field for the past decade. Both groundbreaking and inspiring, The New African American Urban History will prove to be an invaluable resource for students and professionals in urban and ethnic studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goings, Kenneth W.

Mohl, Raymond A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Toward a New African American Urban History - Kenneth W Goings and Raymond A Mohl
`It Was a Proud Day' - Shane White
African Americans, Festivals, and Parades in the North, 1741-1834
Mapping the Terrain of Black Richmond - Elsa Barkley Brown and Gregg D Kimball
Connecting Memory, Self, and the Power of Place in African American Urban History - Earl Lewis
`Unhidden' Transcripts - Kenneth W Goings and Gerald L Smith
Memphis and African American Agency, 1862-1920
Domination and Resistance - Tera W Hunter
The Politics of Wage Household Labor in New South Atlanta
`We Are Not What We Seem' - Robin D G Kelley
Rethinking Working Class Opposition in the Jim Crow South
Black Migration to the Urban Midwest - Darlene Clark Hine
The Gender Dimension, 1915-1945
Making the Second Ghetto in Metropolitan Miami, 1940-1960 - Raymond A Mohl
African Americans in the City - Joe W Trotter
The Industrial Era, 1900-1950
African Americans in the City Since World War II - Kenneth L Kusmer
From the Industrial to the Postindustrial Era