Book
Harlem: the making of a ghetto ; Negro New York, 1890-1930
Harper & Row • New York • Published In 1971 • Pages: xviii, 276
By: Osofsky, Gilbert.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is a study of the development of Harlem from 1890-1930. It explores such subjects as social conditions for Blacks in the 1890's, the migration of Blacks to New York from 1890-1914, early social reform movements, the history of Harlem, the movement of Blacks into Harlem, the emergence of Harlem as a slum, social service agencies working in Harlem, Harlem politics, and the Negro as a symbol of the Jazz Age.
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- African Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1986-1987
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- none
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Gilbert Osofsky
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-214)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 70026980
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- African Americans--New York (State)--New York--History
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--History
- New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951