The Depression Comes to the South Side

The Depression Comes to the South Side
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 206
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ISBN-10 : 9780253005526
ISBN-13 : 0253005523
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Book Synopsis The Depression Comes to the South Side by : Christopher Robert Reed

Download or read book The Depression Comes to the South Side written by Christopher Robert Reed and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Incorporate[s] microhistories and multiple biographies into a broader understanding of a community as complex and iconic as black Chicago.” —Journal of American Studies In the 1920s, the South Side of Chicago was looked on as the new Black Metropolis, but by the turn of the decade that vision was already in decline—a victim of the Depression. In this timely book, Christopher Robert Reed explores early Depression-era politics on the city’s South Side. The economic crisis caused diverse responses from groups in the black community, distinguished by their political ideologies and stated goals. Some favored government intervention, others reform of social services. Some found expression in mass street demonstrations, militant advocacy of expanded civil rights, or revolutionary calls for a complete overhaul of the capitalist economic system. Reed examines the complex interactions among these various groups as they played out within the community as it sought to find common ground to address the economic stresses that threatened to tear the Black Metropolis apart.


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