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Spirit of Harlem Craig Marberry
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HarlemGilbert OsofskyHarlem |
For social history, no book has surpassed Mr. Osofsky's account of how a pleasant, pastoral upper-middle-class suburb of Manhattan turned into an appalling black slum within forty years. A careful and important study. --John Hope Franklin |
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HarlemJonathan GillBooks |
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The Harlem ReaderHerb BoydBooks |
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Harlem Girl LostTreasure E. BlueBooks |
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Harlem (Caldecott Honor Book) Walter Dean Myers
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The Last Block in HarlemChristopher HerzBooks |
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Harlem Deborah Willis
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Harlem is NowhereSharifa Rhodes-PittsBooks |
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When Harlem Was in VogueDavid Levering LewisBooks |
Harlem Harlem is known throughout the world as the center of African-American history and culture in the United States. At the end of the nineteenth century, Harlem was an enclave of the upper bourgeoisie, and in the beginning of the twentieth century, it absorbed a great number of new inhabitants displaced from midtown. This era saw the Harlem Renaissance, in which a group of artists, writers, and jazz musicians had an important role in influencing world popular culture. The same period saw a flourishing of architecture and design in beautiful houses, churches, apartment buildings, theaters, and commercial buildings. After a period of decline, largely due to state and federal neglect, Harlem is once again experiencing a revival. Author, preservationist, and Harlem resident Michael Henry Adams presents in this volume an architectural and social history of Harlem, encompassing great periods of social upheaval and change. Numerous architectural styles were employed by the builders of Harlem, notably neo-Palladianism, and specially commissioned color photographs capture the area as its archite... |
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Harlem Michael Henry Adams
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Harlem SummerWalter Dean MyersBooks |
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