Harlem Between Heaven and Hell

Harlem Between Heaven and Hell
ISBN-10
0816640513
ISBN-13
9780816640515
Category
History
Pages
205
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
U of Minnesota Press
Author
Monique M. Taylor

Description

Harlem brings to mind a kaleidoscope of images--the jazz clubs and cultural ferment of the 1920s and 1930s, the urban decay of the 1960s and 1970s, and the revitalization of the past twenty years. Integral to the ongoing transformation of Harlem has been the return of the African-American middle class to what had become an overwhelmingly poor area. In this lively book, Monique M. Taylor explores the stresses created by this influx, the surprising ways class differences manifest themselves and are managed, and what we can learn from examining a community in which race and class are so closely in

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