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A Ghetto Takes Shape: Black Cleveland, 1870-1930

by Kenneth L. Kusmer

Series:Blacks in the New World (1976)

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Kenneth L. Kusmer is assistant professor of history at Temple University, where he teaches urban and social history. He was born in Cleveland and grew up on the east side of that city. He was educated at Oberlin College, Kent State University, and the University of Chicago. He received the Louis Pelzer Award of the Organization of American Historians in 1973.

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Kenneth L. Kusmer is Professor of History at Temple University

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Blacks in the New World

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Canonical title: A Ghetto Takes Shape: Black Cleveland, 1870-1930
Important places: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Original language: English

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, Sociology, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 977.1 — History & geography History of North America North central United States Ohio
LCC: F499 .C69 .N34 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history Ohio
BISAC: SOC SOCIAL SCIENCE Ethnic Studies American African American & Black Studies

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Languages: English
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Published: 1976
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Sociology, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 977.1
LCC: F499 .C69 .N34

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