BLACK METROPOLIS: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City, With an Introduction by Richard Wright
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1945. Hardcover. An early printing. Ground-breaking when first published in 1945, Black Metropolis remains a landmark study of race and urban life. Based on a mass of research conducted by Works Progress Administrations fieldworkers in the late 1930s, it is a historical and sociological account of the people of Chicago's South Side, the classic urban ghetto. Octavo: xxxiv, 809, [1, blank] pp. with 33 tables and 39 maps, charts, and graphs. Original rust cloth binding, with brown and white-stamped titling. The dust jacket is moderately toned along the spine, with some light edgewear. Very good / Very good. Item #80943
Price: $75.00