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Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem, 1890-1920
Kevin McGruder
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Description for Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem, 1890-1920
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Through the lens of real estate transactions from 1890 to 1920, Kevin McGruder offers an innovative perspective on Harlem's history and reveals the complex interactions between whites and African Americans at a critical time of migration and development. During these decades Harlem saw a dramatic increase in its African American population, and although most histories speak only of the white residents who met these newcomers with hostility, this book uncovers a range of reactions. Although some white Harlem residents used racially restrictive real estate practices to inhibit the influx of African Americans into the neighborhood, others believed African Americans had ... Read more
Through the lens of real estate transactions from 1890 to 1920, Kevin McGruder offers an innovative perspective on Harlem's history and reveals the complex interactions between whites and African Americans at a critical time of migration and development. During these decades Harlem saw a dramatic increase in its African American population, and although most histories speak only of the white residents who met these newcomers with hostility, this book uncovers a range of reactions. Although some white Harlem residents used racially restrictive real estate practices to inhibit the influx of African Americans into the neighborhood, others believed African Americans had ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231169141
SKU
V9780231169141
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About Kevin McGruder
Kevin McGruder, assistant professor of history at Antioch College, studies African American institutions, urban history, and gay and lesbian history. He earned an M.B.A. in real estate finance from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in U.S. history from City University of New York.
Reviews for Race and Real Estate: Conflict and Cooperation in Harlem, 1890-1920
In his autobiography, Malcolm X admitted that 'one of my biggest surprises' was that 'Harlem hadn't always been a community of Negroes.' If that surprises you too then you must read this book. Kevin McGruder takes us back in time to a Harlem on the cusp of dramatic change. He shows us uptown Manhattan before Harlem was in vogue. With ... Read more