Or Does It Explode?: Black Harlem in the Great Depression

by Cheryl Lynn Greenberg

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The Great Depression was a time of hardship for many Americans, but for the citizens of Harlem it was made worse by past and present discrimination. Or Does It Explode? examines Black Harlem from the 1920s through the Depression and New Deal to the outbreak of World War II. It describes the changing economic and social lives of Harlemites, and the complex responses of a resilient community to racism and poverty. Greenberg demonstrates that far from...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195058682

ISBN13:9780195058680

Release Date:September 1991

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Related Subjects

20th Century African-American Studies Education & Reference History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics State & Local Textbooks

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