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Record Nr.

UNINA9910416529403321

Autore

Mc Laughlin-Stonham Hilary

Titolo

From Slavery to Civil Rights : On the Streetcars of New Orleans 1830s-Present

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

1-78962-258-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 pages)

Collana

Liverpool Studies in International Slavery ; ; v.17

Disciplina

976.335

Soggetti

African Americans - Civil rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

As a window into New Orleans society, From Slavery to Civil Rights chronicles segregation on the streetcars of New Orleans over two centuries and discovers the impact of local and national events on a segregated system that was, at times, both surprisingly rigid and elastic over the period.