Jonathan Gill
Författare till Harlem: The Four Hundred Year History from Dutch Village to Capital of Black America
Om författaren
Jonathan Gill is a professor of American history and culture at the University of Amsterdam, formerly on the faculties of Columbia, CCNY, Fordham, and the Manhattan School of Music. He has written for the New York Times, the Village Voice, the Nation, the Guardian, and other publications.
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Verk av Jonathan Gill
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Kön
- male
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Statistik
- Verk
- 4
- Medlemmar
- 127
- Popularitet
- #158,248
- Betyg
- 3.5
- Recensioner
- 1
- ISBN
- 10
The first half of the book focuses on the development of the village - the buildings, people and social life. The second half narrows its focus to the development of black society, and its political consciousness, in 20th century New York.
The book is packed with fascinating vignettes of the development of American social, political and economic life that provide a different perspective on how what is essentially small-town America grew up.
Clearly written for an American audience, the book assumes a lot of knowledge about the history and geography of New York that may confuse the world reader. More importantly, there are no maps!… (mer)