Black Metropolis by St. Clair Drake & H. R. Cayton HC First Edition, Illustrated
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Black Metropolis by St. Clair Drake & H. R. Cayton HC First Edition, Illustrated. A groundbreaking work, scarce in the original dust jacket. Anthropologist, scholar, and political advisor to several African nations, St. Clair Drake made his career working among the people he studied. While his co-author Horace R. Cayton had connections among the upper crust of Chicago's Black community, Drake was able to form relationships with the "poorer wage-earners" of the city (29), those who "the uppers and middles sometimes visualize as a 'problem' and always an embarrassment" (602). By examining the different strata of society within the Bronzeville neighborhood, Drake and Cayton are able to identify and describe many social issues that still affect Black communities today. Published "at a moment when sociology seemed unaware of the potential for overt racial conflict," BLACK METROPOLIS "anticipated the Black Power rebellions of the 1960s by acknowledging the existence of nationalistic, non-assimilative sentiment informed by race pride [...] and a long-held resentment at white oppression" (Rosa, 51). The popularity of BLACK METROPOLIS has carried it through several editions and reissues. A groundbreaking work, scarce in the original dust jacket. Read more: Catalogue of the Blockson Afro-American Collection, item 2377; Paul Finkelman, Encyclopedia of African American History, vol. 2; Andrew J Rosa, "The Roots and Routes of "Imperium in Imperio"", American Studies vol. 52 no. 1.
