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The northern “Black Metropolis” of the early twentieth century: a reappraisal.
- Source :
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Sociological inquiry [Sociol Inq] 2011; Vol. 81 (1), pp. 88-109. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- The new perspective of the "Black Metropolis" implies that conditions created by the Great Migration helped blacks in northern cities to establish themselves in professional, entrepreneurial, and artistic, entertainment and mass media occupations. The present study evaluates this argument with Census data, focusing on the nation's largest black communities, Harlem (New York) and Bronzeville (Chicago), at time points that capture the first wave of the Great Migration. Contrary to expectations, the odds of black employment in the aforesaid occupations declined or remained essentially unchanged in both communities over the study period. Harlem and Bronzeville were surprisingly limited in their potential to offer opportunities for blacks to become professionals, entrepreneurs, and artists, entertainers and writers, perhaps because these communities were saturated by the tremendous influx from the South. Accordingly, it is recommended that the Black Metropolis perspective be modified, to provide a more accurate view of the consequences of the Great Migration.
- Subjects :
- Chicago ethnology
Employment economics
Employment history
Employment legislation & jurisprudence
Employment psychology
History, 20th Century
Humans
New York City ethnology
Social Mobility economics
Social Mobility history
United States ethnology
Urban Health history
Black or African American education
Black or African American ethnology
Black or African American history
Black or African American legislation & jurisprudence
Black or African American psychology
Demography economics
Demography history
Population Dynamics history
Social Change history
Socioeconomic Factors history
Urban Population history
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0038-0245
- Volume :
- 81
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Sociological inquiry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21337739
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-682x.2010.00359.x