03448oam 22007094a 450 991078467490332120230207224149.01-282-07551-997866120755130-253-11238-9(CKB)1000000000362320(EBL)313176(OCoLC)298790834(SSID)ssj0000282589(PQKBManifestationID)11232267(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282589(PQKBWorkID)10324168(PQKB)10984279(MiAaPQ)EBC313176(MdBmJHUP)muse16756(EXLCZ)99100000000036232020060215d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Other Black Bostonians[electronic resource] West Indians in Boston, 1900-1950 /Violet Showers JohnsonBloomington Indiana University Pressc20061 online resource (196 p.)Blacks in the diasporaDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-34752-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-171) and index.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.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, activiBlacks in the diaspora.Black peopleMigrationsHistory20th centuryWest IndiansMigrationsHistory20th centuryImmigrantsMassachusettsBostonSocial conditions20th centuryBlack peopleMassachusettsBostonSocial conditions20th centuryBlack peopleMassachusettsBostonHistory20th centuryWest Indian AmericansMassachusettsBostonSocial conditions20th centuryWest Indian AmericansMassachusettsBostonHistory20th centuryBoston (Mass.)Social conditions20th centuryBoston (Mass.)Race relationsHistory20th centuryBlack peopleMigrationsHistoryWest IndiansMigrationsHistoryImmigrantsSocial conditionsBlack peopleSocial conditionsBlack peopleHistoryWest Indian AmericansSocial conditionsWest Indian AmericansHistory305.8009744/61974.461004969729Johnson Violet Showers1561101MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910784674903321The Other Black Bostonians3827553UNINA