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x, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
SUNY series, an American region
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SUNY series, an American region.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Conceptualizing Black identity in the Hudson Valley / Myra B. Young Armstead -- The emergence of a new Black religious identity in New York City and eastern New Jersey, 1624-1807 / Graham Russell Hodges -- "Living in a material world" : African Americans and economic identity in colonial Albany / Aileen B. Agnew -- Laboring for freedom in Dutchess County / Michael E. Groth -- A geography of slavery and freedom in antebellum Ulster County and New York City : Isabella Van Wagenen and her family / Myra B. Young Armstead -- The kinship system in The hills, and African American community in Westchester, New York, in the mid-nineteenth century / Edythe Ann Quinn -- The rise and fall of Skunk Hollow / Joan H. Geismar -- Stepladder to community / Irma Watkins-Owens -- Black neighborhood formation in Poughkeepsie during the great migration, 1950-1970 / Denise Love Johnson -- Race and class politics in a Black middle-class suburb / Bruce D. Haynes -- Representaions of racial identity in a contemporary Pinkster celebration / Linda Pershing -- Spaces, places, and fields : the politics of West African trading in New York City's informal economy / Paul Stoller --Something in between : locating identity among second-generation West Indians in New York City / Sherri-Ann P. Butterfield -- Appendix : The Black presence in the Hudson River Valley, 1790 to 2000 : a demographic overview / Andrew A. Beveridge, Michael McMenemy. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History.
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African Americans. |
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History. |
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African Americans -- Race identity -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
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African Americans -- Race identity. |
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Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History.
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| Added Author |
Armstead, Myra Beth Young, 1954-
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| ISBN |
0791456722 paperback alkaline paper |
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0791456714 alkaline paper |
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