| Description |
1 online resource (410 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Jacket Flaps; Frontispiece; Title page; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Fabric of Society; 2. Black Chicago and the Color Line; 3. The Structure of Society; 4. Housing along an Elastic Streetscape; 5. Religion and Churches; 6. Labor and Business; 7. Politics and Protest; 8. The Reuniting of a People: A Tale of Two Black Belts; 9. Employment and Political Contention; 10. Martial Ardor, the Great War, and the Race Riot of 1919; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Author biography; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
Disputing the so-called ghetto studies that depicted the early part of the twentieth century as the nadir of African American society, this thoughtful volume by Christopher Robert Reed investigates black life in turn-of-the-century Chicago, revealing a vibrant community that grew and developed on Chicago's South Side in the early 1900s. Reed also explores the impact of the fifty thousand black southerners who streamed into the city during the Great Migration of 1916-1918, effectively doubling Chicago's African American population. Those already residing in Chicago's black neighborhoods. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Migration, Internal. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Migrations. |
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African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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African Americans. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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Race relations. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reed, Christopher Robert. Knock at the Door of Opportunity : Black Migration to Chicago, 1900-1919. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2014 9780809333332 |
| ISBN |
9780809333349 (electronic book) |
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0809333341 (electronic book) |
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1306875668 (e-book) |
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9781306875660 (e-book) |
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9780809333332 (hardback) |
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0809333333 (cloth) |
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