Alley Life in Washington

Alley Life in Washington
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 0252010035
ISBN-13 : 9780252010033
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Book Synopsis Alley Life in Washington by : James Borchert

Download or read book Alley Life in Washington written by James Borchert and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1980-09-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forgotten today, established Black communities once existed in the alleyways of Washington, D.C., even in neighborhoods as familiar as Capitol Hill and Foggy Bottom. James Borchert's study delves into the lives and folkways of the largely alley dwellers and how their communities changed from before the Civil War, to the late 1890s era when almost 20,000 people lived in alley houses, to the effects of reform and gentrification in the mid-twentieth century.


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