Research Catalog

Title

The Negro at work in New York City : a study in economic progress / by George Edmund Haynes.

Author

Haynes, George Edmund, 1880-1960.

Publication

New York : Columbia University : Longmans, Green & Co., agents ; London : P.S. King & Son, 1912.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Columbia University, publisher.
• Longmans, Green, and Co., publisher.
• P.S. King & Son, Ltd., publisher.

Description

[4], 158, [10] p.; 26 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Series Statement

Studies in history, economics and public law, ed. by the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University, vol. XLIX, no. 3, whole no. 124

Uniform Title

Columbia University studies in the social sciences ; vol. 49, no. 3, whole no. 124.

Subjects

• African Americans > Employment
• African Americans > New York (State) > New York
• Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
• African Americans > Employment > New York (State) > New York
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Wages > New York (State) > New York
• African American businesspeople
• African Americans > Statistics, Vital
• Working class > New York (State) > New York
• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• Publishers' advertisements > New York (State) > New York
• Publishers' catalogs > New York (State) > New York
• Black author

Genre/Form

• Publishers' advertisements – New York (State) – New York.
• Publishers' catalogs – New York (State) – New York.
• Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• With a cover title and a half-title.
• Series title page, p. [1] (first count).
• "Copyright, 1912 by George Edmund Haynes."--verso of title page.
• Publisher's advertisements and catalog, p. [3]-[10] at end, as well as recto and verso of lower wrapper.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-156) and index.

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink at head of half-title page "To Mr. Arthur A. Schomburg with friendly appreciation of his work for Negro history and literature. George E. Haynes." ; inscribed: in ink at foot of half-title page "A.A. Schomburg." ; With the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Preface -- Part I. The Negro as wage earner: The city and the Negro, the problem ; The Negro population of New York City ; General condition of wage earners ; Occupations of wage-earners ; Wages and efficiency of wage-earners. -- Part II. The Negro in business in New York City: The character of Negro business enterprises ; The volume of business ; Dealing with the community ; Some sample enterprises -- Conclusion -- Appendices A, B, C -- Select bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

Sc 309.174-H (Haynes, G. Negro at work in New York City)

LCCN

12016984

OCLC

• 6359350
• NYPGR6359350-B

Author

Haynes, George Edmund, 1880-1960.

Title

The Negro at work in New York City : a study in economic progress / by George Edmund Haynes.

Imprint

New York : Columbia University : Longmans, Green & Co., agents ; London : P.S. King & Son, 1912.

Series

Studies in history, economics and public law, ed. by the Faculty of Political Science of Columbia University, vol. XLIX, no. 3, whole no. 124

Columbia University studies in the social sciences ; vol. 49, no. 3, whole no. 124.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-156) and index.

Provenance

Copy in Sc 309.174-H (accession no. G3019) inscribed: in ink at head of half-title page "To Mr. Arthur A. Schomburg with friendly appreciation of his work for Negro history and literature. George E. Haynes." ; inscribed: in ink at foot of half-title page "A.A. Schomburg." ; With the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Columbia University, publisher.

Longmans, Green, and Co., publisher.

P.S. King & Son, Ltd., publisher.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.

Research Call Number

Sc 309.174-H (Haynes, G. Negro at work in New York City)