Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
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"Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City" is a landmark sociological study that examines the social, economic, and cultural life of African Americans in Chicago’s South Side during the early 20th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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sociological study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
African American studies
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anthropology ⓘ sociology ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| analyzes |
Black businesses
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Black employment patterns ⓘ Black political organizations ⓘ Black religious institutions ⓘ segregation in housing ⓘ |
| author |
Horace R. Cayton
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St. Clair Drake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| context |
Great Migration
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Jim Crow era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
cultural life of African Americans in Chicago
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economic life of African Americans in Chicago ⓘ political life of African Americans in Chicago ⓘ social life of African Americans in Chicago ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| genre |
African American studies
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sociology ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| influenced |
later studies of urban Black communities
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scholarship on race and the city ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American community life
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African Americans in Chicago ⓘ Chicago South Side NERFINISHED ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ urban sociology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed empirical research on Black urban life
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pioneering study of a northern Black metropolis ⓘ |
| placeOfStudy |
Chicago
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Chicago South Side NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic of urban sociology
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landmark in African American social science ⓘ |
| setting |
Black Belt of Chicago
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Chicago ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | two-volume work ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
historical analysis
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participant observation ⓘ statistical analysis ⓘ |
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