Johnson, Nelson; The Northside: African Americans and the Creation of Atlantic City
MEDFORD, NEW JERSEY, PLEXUS PUBLISHING INC, 2010 FIRST PRINTING, HARD BACK
Overall Condition is: first edition AS NEW
JOHNSON'S FIRST BOOK BOARDWALK EMPIRE SPAWNED THE HIT HBO SERIES OF THE SAME NAME. BEFORE THE RAILROAR CAME TO AC IN 1852 THERE WAS 8 BUILDINGS. ATLANTIC CITY INCORPORATED 1854. BY 1948 AC HAD 361 HOTELS PROVIDING 23,450 ROOMS. GUEST HOUSES ANOTHER 35,000 ROOMS. RENTABLE ROOMS IN PRIVATE HOUSES 50,000 . AFRICAN AMERICANS PROVIDED THE MAJORITY OF THE LABOR IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION. THE NORTHSIDE DEVELOPED INTO PREDOMINATELY BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD ONWING THEIR OWN HOMES AND BUSINESSES. THERE WERE EVEN FULLY STAFFED BLACK FIRE STATIONS BY 1900. TRULY INDEPTH STUDY OF BLACK SOCIAL CULTURE ON A LOCAL LEVEL.
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