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In the company of Black men : the African influence on African American culture in New York City
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Online
Details
- Creator
- Craig Steven Wilder
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : New York University Press, [2001]
- ©2001
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (xi, 333 pages :) : illustrations
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780814784624, 0814784623, 0814793681, 9780814793688
- OCLC
- ocn794701095
- OldControl:muse9780814784624.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-309) and index.
- Part I: African voluntary associations and the rise of Black spiritual culture -- A taunt from the oppressed: the west African institutional legacy in New York City, 1644-1783 -- Raising Mother Zion: the fusion of African and British institutions in New York, 1784-1822 -- The liberating power of the cross: the NYAS and the African encounter with the Protestant ethic, 1774-1796 -- "The aristocracy of character": African societies and the moral consequence of nationalism, 1784-1845 -- Part II: African voluntary associations and the making of the public sphere -- "The inmates of my sanctum sanctorum": African voluntary associations and the public sphere, 1808-1845 -- In the company of Black men: manhood and obligation in the African confraternity, 1808-1857 -- "A single voice": African societies, the press, and the public sphere, 1827-1861 -- When Black men spoke of freedom: voluntary associations and nationalist culture, 1809-1865 -- Part III: The transformation of African American voluntarism -- "The gaudy carnival": the African declension in the NYASMR, 1863-1945 -- "Shall it be a woman?": the transformation of Black men's voluntarism, 1865-1960
Subjects
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Relations with Africans.
- Black nationalism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
- African American men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Religion.
- Voluntarism -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
- African American men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Societies, etc.
- African American men -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.
- United States -- Civilization -- African influences.
- New York (N.Y.) -- Civilization.
- Africa, West -- Religious life and customs.
- Africa, West -- Civilization.