Jervis Anderson

This Was Harlem: 1900-1950

New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1982. Hardcover. 8vo., An engaging history of the Harlem neighborhood of New York from its shift from a white community in 1900 when blacks migrated north in large numbers until 1950 when the area lost its cultural edge. Focuses on the literature, painting, music, clubs, the speakeasies, racketeers, and religious leaders. Illustrated. Arguably the best history of the Harlem Renaissance ever written, with bibliography. Fine in Very Good dust jacket with some spine sunning. Item #2112025120

Price: $75.00