William Dorsey's Philadelphia and ours : on the past and future of the Black city in America / Roger Lane
1991, First Edition. New York : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #432870
ISBN: 0195065662
Physical description; 483 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Contents; Introduction; PART I: THE MEDIUM AND THE MESSAGE: THE DORSEY COLLECTION AND THE BLACK PORTRAIT IN THE POPULAR PRESS; PART II: OCCUPATIONS AND MAKING A LIVING; PART III: THE WEB OF ORGANIZATION: RELIGION, RACE, CLASS, AND RECREATION; PART IV: WILLIAM DORSEY'S CITY AND OURS; APPENDIX I. The William Henry Dorsey Collection at Cheyney State University; APPENDIX II. Sources for William Dorsey and His Family; APPENDIX III. Philadelphians Most Noted in the Dorsey Collection; APPENDIX IV. ""Elite"" Philadelphians, 1860's and 1890's; Notes; Index. Subjects; Dorsey, William Henry ; Archives. Dorsey, William Henry 1837-1923. Dorsey, William. Dorsey, William Henry. Dorsington (Warwickshire). African Americans Pennsylvania Philadelphia History. African Americans Pennsylvania Philadelphia History ; Sources.
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