Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
By: Aberjhani and Sandra L. West ; foreword by Clement Alexander Price.
Contributors: West, Sandra L.
Edition: First
Series: Library of American History
Publisher: Facts On File, Inc.; Infobase Holdings, Inc.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- Encyclopedias.; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Encyclopedias.; African Americans in literature -- Encyclopedias.; African American arts -- Encyclopedias.; Harlem Renaissance -- Encyclopedias.; Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century -- Encyclopedias.
Genres: Encyclopedias.
Description: Winner of Choice Academic Title Award; New Jersey Notable Book Award presented by the NJ Center for the Book in conjunction with the Library of Congress Center for the Book; Best History Book Award; Recommended ESSENCE Magazine gift book; and Black Books Review Recommended Title for the Home Library.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 402-405) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of Entries
pagenum: vi; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: ix; label: Foreword
title: Race, Blackness, and Modernism During the Harlem Renaissance
pagenum: xi; title: Author's Note
pagenum: xv; title: A To Z Entries
pagenum: 1; label: Appendix A
title: Glossary of Harlem Renaissance Slang
pagenum: 375; label: Appendix B
title: Maps
pagenum: 383; label: Appendix C
title: Museums and Centers that Feature Works from the Harlem Renaissance
pagenum: 394; title: Chronology
pagenum: 396; title: Further Reading
pagenum: 402; title: Entries by Topic
pagenum: 406; title: Index
pagenum: 410