The other Black Bostonians : West Indians in Boston, 1900-1950 / / Violet Showers Johnson
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| Autore: |
Johnson Violet Showers
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| Titolo: |
The other Black Bostonians : West Indians in Boston, 1900-1950 / / Violet Showers Johnson
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.8009744/61 |
| Soggetto topico: | West Indian Americans - Massachusetts - Boston - History - 20th century |
| West Indian Americans - Massachusetts - Boston - Social conditions - 20th century | |
| Blacks - Massachusetts - Boston - History - 20th century | |
| Blacks - Massachusetts - Boston - Social conditions - 20th century | |
| Immigrants - Massachusetts - Boston - Social conditions - 20th century | |
| West Indians - Migrations - History - 20th century | |
| Blacks - Migrations - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Boston (Mass.) Race relations History 20th century |
| Boston (Mass.) Social conditions 20th century | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Other Black Bostonians |
| ISBN: | 1-282-07551-9 |
| 9786612075513 | |
| 0-253-11238-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807163703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Blacks in the diaspora.