Race and Real Estate : : Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem, 1890-1920 / / Kevin McGruder.

Through the lens of real estate transactions from 1890 to 1920, Kevin McGruder offers an innovative perspective on Harlem's history and reveals the complex interactions between whites and African Americans at a critical time of migration and development. During these decades Harlem saw a dramat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; ‹B›15 maps‹/B›
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. BLACK AND WHITE NEW YORKERS
  • 2. THE END OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN WELCOME IN HARLEM
  • 3. FROM EVICTION TO CONTAINMENT
  • 4. THE BATTLE FOR CHURCH PROPERTIES
  • 5. AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH IN HARLEM
  • 6. REAL ESTATE AND POLITICS
  • 7. THE GROWTH IN PROPERTY OWNERSHIP BY AFRICAN AMERICANS IN HARLEM
  • CONCLUSION
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX