Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City

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"Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City" is a landmark sociological study that examines the social, economic, and cultural life of African Americans in Chicago’s South Side during the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
sociological study ⓘ
academicDiscipline African American studies ⓘ
anthropology ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
urban studies ⓘ
analyzes Black businesses ⓘ
Black employment patterns ⓘ
Black political organizations ⓘ
Black religious institutions ⓘ
segregation in housing ⓘ
author Horace R. Cayton ⓘ
linked to: Horace Cayton

St. Clair Drake ⓘ
context Great Migration ⓘ
Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
examines cultural life of African Americans in Chicago ⓘ
economic life of African Americans in Chicago ⓘ
political life of African Americans in Chicago ⓘ
social life of African Americans in Chicago ⓘ
focusesOnPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
genre African American studies ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
urban studies ⓘ
influenced later studies of urban Black communities ⓘ
scholarship on race and the city ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject African American community life ⓘ
African Americans in Chicago ⓘ
Chicago South Side ⓘ
linked to: South Side, Chicago

race relations in the United States ⓘ
urban sociology ⓘ
notableFor detailed empirical research on Black urban life ⓘ
pioneering study of a northern Black metropolis ⓘ
placeOfStudy Chicago ⓘ
Chicago South Side ⓘ
linked to: South Side, Chicago
publicationYear 1945 ⓘ
publisher Harper & Brothers ⓘ
recognizedAs classic of urban sociology ⓘ
landmark in African American social science ⓘ
setting Black Belt of Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Black Belt

Chicago ghetto ⓘ
linked to: South Side, Chicago
structure two-volume work ⓘ
usesMethod historical analysis ⓘ
participant observation ⓘ
statistical analysis ⓘ

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St. Clair Drake → notableWork → Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City ⓘ
St. Clair Drake → coAuthorOf → Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City ⓘ
Horace Cayton → notableWork → Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City ⓘ
Horace Cayton → describedBySource → Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City ⓘ
John St. Clair Drake → notableWork → Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City ⓘ
subject linked to: John
John Gibbs St. Clair Drake → notableWork → Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City ⓘ
Bronzeville neighborhood (portion) → alsoKnownAs → Chicago’s Black Metropolis ⓘ
linked to: Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City