Christopher Robert Reed

The Depression Comes to the South Side: Protest and Politics in the Black Metropolis, 1930-1933

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In the 1920s, the South Side was looked on as the new Black Metropolis, but by the turn of the decade that vision was already in decline -- a victim of theDepression. In this timely book, Christopher Robert Reed explores earlyDepression-era politics on Chicago's South Side. The economic crisis caused diverseresponses from groups in the black community, distinguished by their politicalideologies and stated goals. Some favored government intervention, others reform ofsocial services. Some found expression in mass street demonstrations, militantadvocacy of expanded civil rights, or revolutionary calls for a complete overhaul ofthe capitalist eco… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-253-35652-9
EAN: 9780253356529
Produktnummer: 15515831
Verlag: Indiana Univ Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 182 S.
Masse: H23.4 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.3 cm 431 g
Gewicht: 431
Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.

Über den Autor

Christopher Robert Reed is Professor Emeritus of History at Roosevelt University in Chicago and author of The Emergence of the Black Metropolis, 1910-1933; Black Chicago's First Century, 1833-1900; All the World Is Here: The Black Presence at White City (IUP, 2000); and The Chicago NAACP and the Rise of Black Professional Leadership (IUP, 1997).