Race and the City

Work, Community, and Protest in Cincinnati, 1820-1970
Author: Edited by Henry Louis Taylor, Jr.
What city building in the Queen City tells us about urban life in the United States
Cloth – $51
978-0-252-01986-9
Publication Date
Cloth: 01/01/1993
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About the Book

In this collection, authors from diverse perspectives explore various social, political, and economic factors that went into creating the ethnic geography and spatial character of Cincinnati from the city's early days until 1970. The contributors focus on the spatial character of Cincinnati, in particular how the influence of its site and situation proscribe the quality of urban life for Black residents. Essays on Black leadership, residential patterns, and occupational opportunity trace the development of American urbanization. In addition, works on reformers and reform organizations detail how the city's Black residents pursued opportunity and equality. The result is an incisive portrait of a midwestern city rich in details of neighborhood development and historical events.Contributors: Nancyu Bertaux, Robert A. Burnham, Charles S. Casey-Leininger, Aimee Lee Cheek, William Cheek, Vicky Dula, Robert B. Fairbanks, Stacy Flaherty, James Oliver Horton, Andrea Tuttle Kornbluh, Nina Mjagkij, Henry Louis Taylor Jr.

About the Author

Henry Louis Taylor Jr. is a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Buffalo and author of Historical Roots of the Urban Crisis: African Americans in the Industrial City, 1900-1950.

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"Provides a rich prism through which to explore the social, economic, and political development of black Cincinnati. These studies offer insight into both the dynamics of racism and a community's changing responses to it."--Peter Rachleff, author of Black Labor in Richmond