Making black Los Angeles : class, gender, and community, 1850-1917 / Marne L. Campbell.

Author/creator Campbell, Marne L.
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Copyright Date© 2016
Descriptionxiii, 286 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects
African Americans--California. --Los Angeles. --Social conditions. --19th century.
African Americans--California. --Los Angeles. --Social conditions. --20th century.
Community life--California. --Los Angeles. --History. --19th century.
Community life--California. --Los Angeles. --History. --20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations. --History. --19th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations. --History. --20th century.

Contents Myths & origins : racial formation in Los Angeles -- Heaven ain't hard to find : the formation of the African American community -- Establishing and maintaining institutions -- The development of the underclass -- They were all filled with the Holy Ghost! : the early years of the Azusa Street revival -- Booker T. Washington goes west.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 241-267) and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2016008486
ISBN9781469629261 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN1469629267 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN9781469629278 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN1469629275 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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