{"product_id":"black-chicagos-first-century-christopher-robert-reed-9780826215703","title":"Black Chicago's First Century: 1833-1900","description":"In \u003ci\u003eBlack Chicago's First Century, \u003c\/i\u003e Christopher Robert Reed provides the first comprehensive study of an African American population in a nineteenth-century northern city beyond the eastern seaboard. Reed's study covers the first one hundred years of African American settlement and achievements in the Windy City, encompassing a range of activities and events that span the antebellum, Civil War, Reconstruction, and post-Reconstruction periods. The author takes us from a time when black Chicago provided both workers and soldiers for the Union cause to the ensuing decades that saw the rise and development of a stratified class structure and growth in employment, politics, and culture. Just as the city was transformed in its first century of existence, so were its black inhabitants. \u003cbr\u003e Methodologically relying on the federal pension records of Civil War soldiers at the National Archives, as well as previously neglected photographic evidence, manuscripts, contemporary newspapers, and secondary sources, Reed captures the lives of Chicago's vast army of ordinary black men and women. He places black Chicagoans within the context of northern urban history, providing a better understanding of the similarities and differences among them. We learn of the conditions African Americans faced before and after Emancipation. We learn how the black community changed and developed over time: we learn how these people endured--how they educated their children, how they worked, organized, and played. \u003ci\u003eBlack Chicago's First Century\u003c\/i\u003e is a balanced and coherent work. Anyone with an interest in urban history or African American studies will find much value in this book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Robert Reed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082621570X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826215703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.56h x 6.54w x 1.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2004 pg. 722","brand":"Christopher Robert Reed","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447798247679,"sku":"9780826215703","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e72d0536-bbc4-46c2-a4d9-1c9585f67271.jpg?v=1777234884","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-chicagos-first-century-christopher-robert-reed-9780826215703","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}