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Selling the Race
Adam Green
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Description for Selling the Race
Paperback. Tells the story of how black Chicagoans were at the center of a national movement in the 1940s and '50s, a time when African Americans across the country first started to see themselves as part of a single culture. This book offers interpretations of such events as the 1940 American Negro Exposition. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 320 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJH; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
In "Selling the Race", Adam Green tells the story of how black Chicagoans were at the center of a national movement in the 1940s and '50s, a time when African Americans across the country first started to see themselves as part of a single culture. Along the way, he offers fascinating reinterpretations of such events as the 1940 American Negro Exposition, the rise of black music and the culture industry that emerged around it, the development of the Associated Negro Press and the founding of Johnson Publishing, and the outcry over the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till. By presenting African ... Read more
In "Selling the Race", Adam Green tells the story of how black Chicagoans were at the center of a national movement in the 1940s and '50s, a time when African Americans across the country first started to see themselves as part of a single culture. Along the way, he offers fascinating reinterpretations of such events as the 1940 American Negro Exposition, the rise of black music and the culture industry that emerged around it, the development of the Associated Negro Press and the founding of Johnson Publishing, and the outcry over the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till. By presenting African ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Historical Studies of Urban America
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226306407
SKU
V9780226306407
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About Adam Green
Adam Green is associate professor of history at the University of Chicago.
Reviews for Selling the Race
"Green emphasizes the vibrant, positive cultural life of black Chicago.... Recommended." - Choice "Much like the race sellers and buyers in his book, Green imagines a much wider horizon of innovative ideas that shaped a national race culture." - Journal of Illinois History "A terrific book, one that should have a long historiographical influence.... All social scientists and humanists will ... Read more