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Alley Life in Washington

Family, Community, Religion, and Folklife in the City, 1850-1970

James Borchert author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Published:1st Sep '80

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Forgotten today, established Black communities once existed in the alleyways of Washington, D.C., even in neighborhoods as familiar as Capitol Hill and Foggy Bottom. James Borchert's study delves into the lives and folkways of the largely alley dwellers and how their communities changed from before the Civil War, to the late 1890s era when almost 20,000 people lived in alley houses, to the effects of reform and gentrification in the mid-twentieth century.

"Alley Life in Washington is first-rate, definitive, and a welcome addition to that short shelf of books that places high value on black life at the folk level. It deserves the attention of all those seriously interested in black and urban life."--Al-Tony Gilmore, Washington Post
"A significant contribution to the literature of black urban history." -- Journal of Interdisciplinary History.

ISBN: 9780252010033

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 28mm

Weight: 540g

352 pages