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Author:   Cary D. Wintz ,  Paul Finkelman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 8.20cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   4.331kg
ISBN:  

9781579583897

ISBN 10:   157958389
Pages:   1392
Publication Date:   17 October 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Undefined
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Select contents, A-H: 135th Street Library; 15th Infantry; 267 House; 580 St. Nicholas Avenue; Abbott, Robert Sengstacke; Abyssinian Baptist Church; African Blood Brotherhood; Afro-American Realty Company; Alfred A. Knopf , Inc.; Algonquin Roundtable; Alhambra; Amenia Conference (1916 and 1933); American Mercury, The; American Negro Labor Congress; Amos 'n' Andy; Amsterdam News; Anderson, Charles; Anderson, Edmund Lincoln; Anderson, Garland; Anderson, Marian; Anderson, Regina M. (Andrews); Anderson, Sherwood; Anglophone Africa and the Harlem Renaissance; Anita Bush Theater Company; Anti-Lynching Crusade; Apollo Theater; Appearances; Armstrong, Daniel Louis ('Louie'); Art Criticism and the Harlem Renaissance; Artists; Associated Negro Press; Association for the Study of Negro Life and History; Atlanta University Studies; Attaway, William; Authors: 1: Overview; Authors: 2: Fiction; Authors: 3: Nonfiction; Authors: 4: Playwrights; Authors: 5: Poets; Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man; B.J. Brimmer (publishing house); Baker, Josephine; Baker, Ray Stannard; Baltimore Afro-American; Barnes, Albert; Barnett, Ida B. Wells; Barthe, Richmond; Batouala; Bearden, Romare; Beavers, Louise; Bechet, Sidney; Becton, George Wilson; Bennett, Gwendolyn; Bentley, Gladys; Bethune, Mary McLeod; Birth of a Nation (Film); Birth of a Race; Birthright; Black and Tan Clubs; Black and White; Black Bohemia; Black History; Black Manhattan; Black Opals; Black Press; Black Star Line; Black Swan Phonograph Corporation; Black Zionism; Blackbirds; Blackface Performance; Blacks in Public Office; Blacks in Theater; Blake, Eubie; Bledsoe, Jules; Blues; Blues: An Anthology; Blues Musicians; Blues: Women Performers; Boas, Franz; Boni & Liveright; Boni & Liveright Prize; Bonner, Marieta ('Marita Odette'); Bontemps, Arna; Book Lovers Club; Booklovers Magazine; Braithwaite, William Stanley; Brawley, Benjamin; Briggs, Cyril; Broadway Dancing Studio; Brooks, Clarence; Brooks, Gwendolyn; Brooks, Shelton; Broom; Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Brown, Ada; Brown, Hallie Quinn; Brown, Sterling; Brownies Book, The; Bruce, John Edward; Bubbles, John ('John William Sublet'); Burleigh, Harry Thacker; Bush, Anita; Businesses Owned by Blacks; Butitta, Anthony J.; Calloway, Cabell ('Cab'); Calverton, V.F.; Campbell, Dick ('Cornelius C. Campbell'); Campell, Elmer Simms; Cane; Carolina Magazine; Cesaire, Aime; Challenge; Chenault, Lawrence; Chesnutt, Charles Waddell; Chicago Defender; Chocolate Dandies; Civic Club Dinner (1924); Civil Rights; Clef Club; Clough, Inez; Cohen, Octavus Roy; Cole, Bob; Color; Colored Players Film Corporation; Columbia Phonograph Company; Come Along, Mandy; Communist Party; Community Theater; Conjure Man Dies, The; Contempo; Cook, Will Marion; Copper Sun; Cornhill; Corrothers, James D.; Cotter, Joseph Seamon; Cotton Club; Covarrubias, Miguel; Cowdery, Mae Virginia; Cox, Ida Wells Prather; Crescent Theater; Crisis, The; Crisis: The Negro in Art: How Shall He Be Por

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Provides in-depth essays on the life and works of major writers, artists, and musicians of the period... Comprehensive... Thorough and well-organized reference work... Recommended for all libraries. - Library Journal, November 1, 2004 Well written and cogent... A significant and useful addition to reference works on the Harlem Renaissance... Accessible to readers on multiple levels and recommended for high school, college, and public libraries. - Booklist/RBB (starred review), December 15, 2004 the most well-rounded portrait of the movement available on resource shelves... This outstanding guide is highly recommended for both public and academic libraries. - Lawrence Looks at Books, Gale Reference Reviews, February, 2005 Wintz and Finkelman's encyclopedia exceeds in power and scholarship all other reference works on the Harlem Renaissance... Coverage is broad, deep, and scholarly... Highly recommended. All collections. - Choice, March, 2005 Examining the political, economic, and social environment, as well as the artistic and cultural events of the Harlem Renaissance, these two volumes present some 625 entries, including essays on major writers, artists, and performers; discussions of creative works, especially those which had an impact on the development of the Harlem Renaissance. - Reference and Research Book News, November, 2005

Provides in-depth essays on the life and works of major writers, artists, and musicians of the period... Comprehensive... Thorough and well-organized reference work... Recommended for all libraries. <br>- Library Journal, November 1, 2004 <br> Well written and cogent... A significant and useful addition to reference works on the Harlem Renaissance... Accessible to readers on multiple levels and recommended for high school, college, and public libraries. <br>- Booklist/RBB (starred review), December 15, 2004 <br> the most well-rounded portrait of the movement available on resource shelves... This outstanding guide is highly recommended for both public and academic libraries. <br>- Lawrence Looks at Books, Gale Reference Reviews, February, 2005 <br> Wintz and Finkelman's encyclopedia exceeds in power and scholarship all other reference works on the Harlem Renaissance... Coverage is broad, deep, and scholarly... Highly recommended. All collections. <br>- Choice, March, 2005 <br> Examining the political, economic, and social environment, as well as the artistic and cultural events of the Harlem Renaissance, these two volumes present some 625 entries, including essays on major writers, artists, and performers; discussions of creative works, especially those which had an impact on the development of the Harlem Renaissance. <br>- Reference and Research Book News, November, 2005 <br>

Author Information

Cary Wintz is a professor at Texas Southern University, and her past publications include African-AmericanPolitical Thought, 1890-1930: Washington, DuBois, Garvey,and Randolph. Paul Finkelman is a professor at the University of Tulsa School of Law. His past publications include Slavery and the Founders: Race and Liberty in theAge of Jefferson.

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