Recovering Green in Bronzeville
Subtitle: An Environmental and Cultural History of the African American Great Migration to Chicago, 1915-1940
Contributors: Higginbotham, Evelyn; Buell, Lawrence; Kahrl, Andrew; Baldwin, Davarian
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Description: Between 1915 and 1940, millions of African Americans migrated from the South to cities in the North. "Recovering Green in Bronzeville" examines the ways in which these migrants experienced, perceived, talked about, valued, and shaped these natural and landscaped environments in the interwar years. Taking Chicago as its focal point, this dissertation argues that not only should African Americans be central to narratives of environment and place in the early twentieth century, but also that natural and landscaped environments are central to African American culture.
Notes: Keywords: African American, Chicago, Civilian Conservation Corps, Environment, Great Depression, Great Migration.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2012