the four hundred year history from Dutch village to capital of Black America Gill, Jonathan (Professor) creator text bibliography biography nyu New York Berkeley, Calif Grove Press Distributed by Publishers Group West 2011 monographic eng

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520 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Harlem is perhaps the most famous, iconic neighborhood in the United States. A bastion of freedom and the capital of Black America, Harlem's twentieth century renaissance changed our arts, culture, and politics forever. But this is only one of the many chapters in its history. In this work the author, a historian presents a chronicle of this remarkable place. From Henry Hudson's first contact with native Harlemites, through Harlem's years as a colonial outpost on the edge of the known world, he traces the neighborhood's story, marshaling a wealth of detail and a host of figures from George Washington to Langston Hughes. Harlem was an agricultural center under British rule and the site of a key early battle in the Revolutionary War. Later, wealthy elites including Alexander Hamilton built great estates there for entertainment and respite from the epidemics ravaging downtown. In the nineteenth century, transportation urbanized Harlem and brought waves of immigrants from Germany, Italy, Ireland, and elsewhere. Harlem's mix of cultures, extraordinary wealth and extreme poverty was electrifying and explosive. This work is the history of the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem, beginning with Hudson's first experiences in the area, through its early growth as a Dutch village and colonial agricultural center, to its transformation into a modern neighborhood. Unrighteous beginnings: from Muscoota to Nieuw Haarlem, 1609-1664 -- Strange bedfellows: British Harlem, 1664-1781 -- Sweet asylum: founding an American Harlem, 1781-1811 -- The future is uptown, 1811-1863 -- The flash age, 1863-1898 -- Nostra Harlem, undzere Harlem: the age of immigration -- "To race with the world": the new Negro and the Harlem Renaissance -- "The kingdom of culture": Harlem's Renaissance comes of age -- "Moon over Harlem": the Great Depression uptown, 1929-1943 -- "Tempus fugue-it": Harlem in the Civil Rights Era, 1943-1965 -- Harlem nightmare, 1965-1990 -- Old and new dreams: reviving the Renaissance. Jonathan Gill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-479) and index. n-us-ny Harlem (New York, N.Y.) History African Americans New York (State) New York History Harlem (Nueva York, N.Y.) Historia Primera Jornada de Catalogacion 002 F 128.68 G475h 2011 974.71 9780802119100 0802119107 2011283059 BTCTA 110714 20230404125842.0 115034