Harlem : the four hundred year history from Dutch village to capital of Black America

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Label

Harlem : the four hundred year history from Dutch village to capital of Black America

Title remainder

the four hundred year history from Dutch village to capital of Black America

Statement of responsibility

Jonathan Gill

Creator

• Gill, Jonathan, Professor

Subject

• African Americans -- New York (State) | New York -- History
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History
• African Americans
• New York (State) -- New York
• New York (State) -- New York | Harlem
• History

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

Harlem is perhaps the most famous, iconic neighborhood in the United States. A bastion of freedom and the capital of Black America, Harlem's twentieth century renaissance changed our arts, culture, and politics forever. But this is only one of the many chapters in its history. In this work the author, a historian presents a chronicle of this remarkable place. From Henry Hudson's first contact with native Harlemites, through Harlem's years as a colonial outpost on the edge of the known world, he traces the neighborhood's story, marshaling a wealth of detail and a host of figures from George Washington to Langston Hughes. Harlem was an agricultural center under British rule and the site of a key early battle in the Revolutionary War. Later, wealthy elites including Alexander Hamilton built great estates there for entertainment and respite from the epidemics ravaging downtown. In the nineteenth century, transportation urbanized Harlem and brought waves of immigrants from Germany, Italy, Ireland, and elsewhere. Harlem's mix of cultures, extraordinary wealth and extreme poverty was electrifying and explosive. This work is the history of the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, beginning with Hudson's first experiences in the area, through its early growth as a Dutch village and colonial agricultural center, to its transformation into a modern neighborhood

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

974.7/1

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

F128.68.H3

LC item number

G55 2011

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography