Aspects of Negro Life in the Borough of Queens, New York City.
New York: Urban League, 1947. xiii,106pp., plus two plates. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished, covers detached, wrappers soiled. Internally clean. Good. Item #5483
A detailed report issued by the Urban League of Greater New York on African-American life in the New York City borough of Queens. According to the subtitle, the report is "An Analysis of Population Trends, Employment Patterns and Opportunities, Housing, Health and Recreation for the Negro Population." The work is indeed organized as such, with chapters such as "Distribution of Census Tracts with Negro Residents," "Unemployment Among Negroes and Whites in 1940," "Comparative Value of Homes for Negro and White Occupants," and "Infant Mortality." The text is supplemented with almost forty tables and two inserted plates. The latter illustrate the "Differences in the Occupational Distribution of Negro and White Workers of Queens - 1940" among men and women separately and "Trend in Borough Distribution of New York City Negro and White Population 1910-1945," respectively. OCLC locates just over a dozen institutional holdings, including six in New York and eight elsewhere in the country.
Price: $450