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The Negro Ghetto
by Weaver, Robert
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- first
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. First edition. First edition, first printing. xviii, 404 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering. Initials and stamp to paste down, else Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket, sunned spine panel, small closed tear to top of front panel, rubbed edges. Uncommon.
A sociological and economic study of the Black ghetto in the 1940s by the first African American person to be appointed to a cabinet-level position in the White House. Weaver would serve as the first chairman of housing and urban development under Lyndon Johnson, 1966-1968. He was an economist by training, a professor, and one of the most prominent Black intellectuals of the early Cold War.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140946310
- Title
- The Negro Ghetto
- Author
- Weaver, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- sociology, Black ghetto, African American, FDR, Roosevelt, New Deal, economics
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Gilt
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- Sunned
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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