Harlem Is Nowhere: A Journey to the Mecca of Black America

by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts

Book Overview

For a century Harlem has been celebrated as the capital of black America, a thriving center of cultural achievement and political action. At a crucial moment in Harlem's history, as gentrification encroaches, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts untangles the myth and meaning of Harlem's legacy. Examining the epic Harlem of official history and the personal Harlem that begins at her front door, Rhodes-Pitts introduces us to a wide variety of characters, past and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031601723X
• ISBN13: 9780316017237
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.8"