Top 10 Best "Harlem" Books

Harlem is Nowhere

Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts

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Harlem

Michael Henry Adams
Paul Rocheleau

Harlem

Harlem

Harlem is known throughout the world as the center of African-American history and culture in the United States. At the end of the nineteenth century, Harlem was an enclave of the upper bourgeoisie, and in the beginning of the twentieth century, it absorbed a great number of new inhabitants displaced from midtown. This era saw the Harlem Renaissance, in which a group of artists, writers, and jazz musicians had an important role in influencing world popular culture. The same period saw a flourishing of architecture and design in beautiful houses, churches, apartment buildings, theaters, and commercial buildings. After a period of decline, largely due to state and federal neglect, Harlem is once again experiencing a revival. Author, preservationist, and Harlem resident Michael Henry Adams presents in this volume an architectural and social history of Harlem, encompassing great periods of social upheaval and change. Numerous architectural styles were employed by the builders of Harlem, notably neo-Palladianism, and specially commissioned color photographs capture the area as its archite...

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Harlem

Len Riley

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Spirit of Harlem

Craig Marberry
Michael Cunningham
Gordon Parks

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Harlem

Jonathan Gill

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The Harlem Reader

Herb Boyd

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Harlem

T. McCanlies

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The Making of a Ghetto

Amazon.com

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Harlem (Caldecott Honor Book)

Walter Dean Myers
Christopher Myers

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The Last Block in Harlem

Christopher Herz

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Harlem

A century of Harlem, through the eyes and lenses of some of the most important artists and photographers of the twentieth century. The vibrant and bustling neighborhood occupying the upper reaches of Manhattan has been at the crossroads of the artistic, literary, and political currents of the African-American community since the early days of the twentieth century. Home to writers and revolutionaries, artists and agitators, Harlem has been both subject and inspiration for countless photographers. This sweeping photographic survey includes nearly two hundred images that tell the story of Harlem - its distinctive landscape and extraordinary inhabitants - throughout the twentieth century. Featured artists include: Gordon Parks, James VanDerZee, Eve Arnold, Alice Attie, Cornell Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Richard Avedon, Dawoud Bey, Chester Higgins, Jr., Helen Levitt, Aaron Siskind, Bruce Davidson, Roy DeCarava, Leonard Freed, Carl Van Vechten, and Weegee. The book features essays by leading scholars of African-American studies and art - including Deborah Willis, Cheryl...

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Harlem

Deborah Willis
Cheryl Finley
Elizabeth Alexander
Thelma Golden

Harlem

When Harlem Was in Vogue

David Levering Lewis

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