Cayton, Horace R. (Horace Roscoe), 1903-1970
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Black metropolisBook 1970
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Black metropolisBook 1970
- Summary
- Horace Roscoe Cayton Jr. was a prominent American sociologist, newspaper columnist, and writer who specialized in studies of working-class black Americans, particularly in mid-20th-century Chicago. Cayton is best remembered as the co-author of a seminal 1945 study of South Side, Chicago, Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City. Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1]VIAF[2]Bibliothèque nationale de France[3]Library of Congress[4]Wikidata
- Born
- 1903-04-12 [2]Bibliothèque nationale de France[4]Wikidata
- Birth Place
- Seattle, Wash. [2]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Seattle [4]Wikidata
- Died
- 1970-01-21 [2]Bibliothèque nationale de France[4]Wikidata
- Death Place
- Paris (France) [2]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Paris [4]Wikidata
- Language
- English [2]Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Occupation
- sociologist [4]Wikidata
- Educated at
- University of Chicago [4]Wikidata
- University of Washington [4]Wikidata
- Country of Education
- United States [4]Wikidata
- Yale LUX
- Entity [4]Wikidata
- American National Biography
- Biography (requires subscription) [4]Wikidata
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 3. Library of Congress
- 4. Wikidata
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