Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 8 5/8 Inches. 809 PP. Very Good / Good. Item #8058
Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.00 intact on front flap. Monumental study of Black life in Chicago in the mid 1940's. Coverage includes jobs, church life, political ambitions and life among the "poorer" class. First edition of this book that has been reprinted numerous times. Original boards mostly clean and sharp. PO name on FFEP. Jacket creased and chipped at spine ends, folds and edges.
(NOTE: From the personal library of Jonathan Arac; noted author, professor and scholar of English literature.).
Price: $250.00