Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300181746ISBN-10:300181744UPC:9780300181746Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Ethnic Studies, Social HistoryBook Topic:AmericanAward:2011 PROSE Honorable Mention - U.S. History AwardSize:8.90 x 5.70 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCQ4Q6NC09
Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City
A groundbreaking history of elite black New Yorkers in the nineteenth century, seen through the lens of the author's ancestors
Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham is Carla Peterson's riveting account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her nineteenth-century ancestors. As she shares their stories and those of their friends, neighbors, and business...Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300181746ISBN-10:300181744UPC:9780300181746Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Ethnic Studies, Social HistoryBook Topic:AmericanAward:2011 PROSE Honorable Mention - U.S. History AwardSize:8.90 x 5.70 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCQ4Q6NC09
Carla L. Peterson is professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of "Doers of the Word" African-American Women Speakers and Writers in the North, 1830-1880.
Publisher: Yale University Press
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🏆 2011 PROSE Honorable Mention - U.S. History Award
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