River Jordan: African American Urban Life in the Ohio Valley - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joe William TrotterSeries:Ohio River ValleyPublish date:1998-03-19Pages:218
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813109503ISBN-10:813109507UPC:9780813109503Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, United States, SociologyBook Topic:American, State & Local, UrbanSize:9.01 x 6.02 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCT7VQPBC7
River Jordan: African American Urban Life in the Ohio Valley
Since the nineteenth century, the Ohio River has represented a great divide for African Americans. It provided a passage to freedom along the underground railroad, and during the industrial age, it was a boundary between the Jim Crow South and the urban North. The Ohio became known as the "River Jordan," symbolizing the path to the promised land. In the urban centers of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati,...
Series: Ohio River Valley
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813109503ISBN-10:813109507UPC:9780813109503Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, United States, SociologyBook Topic:American, State & Local, UrbanSize:9.01 x 6.02 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCT7VQPBC7
Trotter, Joe William: - Joe William Trotter Jr. is Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice and director of the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy (CAUSE) at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author or coauthor of numerous publications, including Race and Renaissance: African Americans in Pittsburgh since World War II, Black Milwaukee: The Making of an...
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
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