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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457737603321

Autore

Johnson Violet Showers

Titolo

The Other Black Bostonians [[electronic resource] ] : West Indians in Boston, 1900-1950 / / Violet Showers Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-07551-9

9786612075513

0-253-11238-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Collana

Blacks in the diaspora

Disciplina

305.8009744/61

974.461004969729

Soggetti

Black people - Migrations - History - 20th century

West Indians - Migrations - History - 20th century

Immigrants - Massachusetts - Boston - Social conditions - 20th century

Black people - Massachusetts - Boston - Social conditions - 20th century

Black people - Massachusetts - Boston - History - 20th century

West Indian Americans - Massachusetts - Boston - Social conditions - 20th century

West Indian Americans - Massachusetts - Boston - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Boston (Mass.) Social conditions 20th century

Boston (Mass.) Race relations History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-171) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Origins of migration : British West Indian economy, society, and the lure of emigration -- Work and housing in "freedom's birthplace" -- Identity, culture, and community -- Militant immigrants and relentless ex-colonials? -- "Making good in America" and living the West Indian dream.

Sommario/riassunto

This study of Boston's West Indian immigrants examines the identities,                goals, and aspirations of two generations of black migrants from the



British-held                Caribbean who settled in Boston between 1900 and 1950. Describing their experience                among Boston's American-born blacks and in the context of the city's immigrant                history, the book charts new conceptual territory. The Other Black Bostonians                explores the pre-migration background of the immigrants, work and housing, identity,                culture and community, activi