Before Harlem: The Black Experience in New York City Before World War I

by Marcy S. Sacks

Book Overview

In the years between 1880 and 1915, New York City and its environs underwent a tremendous demographic transformation with the arrival of millions of European immigrants, native whites from the rural countryside, and people of African descent from both the American South and the Caribbean. While all groups faced challenges in their adjustment to the city, hardening racial prejudices set the black experience apart from that of other newcomers. Through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081223961X
• ISBN13: 9780812239614
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"