Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
20 Years at Hull House 20 Years at Hull House Jane Addams Jane Addams's narrative of life in an immigrant urban neighborhood provides students with an introduction to the issues of the Progressive era and the tenets of social activism. This new teaching edi… OL1106688W
Negroland Negroland Margo Jefferson Born in upper-crust black Chicago—her father was for years head of pediatrics at Provident, at the time the nation’s oldest black hospital; her mother was a socialite—Margo Jefferson has spent most o… OL17617055W
Constructing social reality Constructing social reality Loretta J. Brunious "This book examines how black children who grow up in an impoverished environment construct their social reality, and how this process influences their perception and creation of self. It argues that… OL1914936W