LEADER 03448oam 22007094a 450 001 9910784674903321 005 20230207224149.0 010 $a1-282-07551-9 010 $a9786612075513 010 $a0-253-11238-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000362320 035 $a(EBL)313176 035 $a(OCoLC)298790834 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282589 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11232267 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282589 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10324168 035 $a(PQKB)10984279 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC313176 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16756 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000362320 100 $a20060215d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Other Black Bostonians$b[electronic resource] $eWest Indians in Boston, 1900-1950 /$fViolet Showers Johnson 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (196 p.) 225 1 $aBlacks in the diaspora 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-34752-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [155]-171) and index. 327 $aOrigins 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. 330 $aThis study of Boston's West Indian immigrants examines the identities, goals, and aspirations of two generations of black migrants from the British-held Caribbean who settled in Boston between 1900 and 1950. Describing their experience among Boston's American-born blacks and in the context of the city's immigrant history, the book charts new conceptual territory. The Other Black Bostonians explores the pre-migration background of the immigrants, work and housing, identity, culture and community, activi 410 0$aBlacks in the diaspora. 606 $aBlack people$xMigrations$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWest Indians$xMigrations$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aImmigrants$zMassachusetts$zBoston$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aBlack people$zMassachusetts$zBoston$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aBlack people$zMassachusetts$zBoston$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWest Indian Americans$zMassachusetts$zBoston$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aWest Indian Americans$zMassachusetts$zBoston$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aBoston (Mass.)$xSocial conditions$y20th century 607 $aBoston (Mass.)$xRace relations$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aBlack people$xMigrations$xHistory 615 0$aWest Indians$xMigrations$xHistory 615 0$aImmigrants$xSocial conditions 615 0$aBlack people$xSocial conditions 615 0$aBlack people$xHistory 615 0$aWest Indian Americans$xSocial conditions 615 0$aWest Indian Americans$xHistory 676 $a305.8009744/61 676 $a974.461004969729 700 $aJohnson$b Violet Showers$01561101 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784674903321 996 $aThe Other Black Bostonians$93827553 997 $aUNINA