The other great migration : the movement of rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941 / / Bernadette Pruitt |
Autore | Pruitt Bernadette |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (482 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 305.896 |
Collana | Sam Rayburn series on rural life |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Texas - Houston - Migrations - History - 20th century
African Americans - Texas - Houston - Social conditions - 20th century Community development - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Migration, Internal - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Rural-urban migration - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-62349-003-0
1-4619-4946-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Pulling up the stakes: the great migration to Houston, 1900-1930 -- Building a city: migrant settlements in Houston, 1900-1941 -- Beautiful people: agency in Houston, 1900-1941 -- "That was their protection and safeguard": Houston's "new Negro," 1917-1941 -- In "the Garden of Eden": the Houston Renaissance, 1900-1941 -- The black economy at work: wage earners, professionals, economic crisis, and the origins of the second great migration, 1900-1941. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453646603321 |
Pruitt Bernadette | ||
College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The other great migration : the movement of rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941 / / Bernadette Pruitt |
Autore | Pruitt Bernadette |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (482 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 305.896 |
Collana | Sam Rayburn series on rural life |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Texas - Houston - Migrations - History - 20th century
African Americans - Texas - Houston - Social conditions - 20th century Community development - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Migration, Internal - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Rural-urban migration - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-62349-609-8
1-62349-003-0 1-4619-4946-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Pulling up the stakes: the great migration to Houston, 1900-1930 -- Building a city: migrant settlements in Houston, 1900-1941 -- Beautiful people: agency in Houston, 1900-1941 -- "That was their protection and safeguard": Houston's "new Negro," 1917-1941 -- In "the Garden of Eden": the Houston Renaissance, 1900-1941 -- The black economy at work: wage earners, professionals, economic crisis, and the origins of the second great migration, 1900-1941. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790618603321 |
Pruitt Bernadette | ||
College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The other great migration : the movement of rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941 / / Bernadette Pruitt |
Autore | Pruitt Bernadette |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (482 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 305.896 |
Collana | Sam Rayburn series on rural life |
Soggetto topico |
African Americans - Texas - Houston - Migrations - History - 20th century
African Americans - Texas - Houston - Social conditions - 20th century Community development - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Migration, Internal - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Rural-urban migration - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-62349-609-8
1-62349-003-0 1-4619-4946-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Pulling up the stakes: the great migration to Houston, 1900-1930 -- Building a city: migrant settlements in Houston, 1900-1941 -- Beautiful people: agency in Houston, 1900-1941 -- "That was their protection and safeguard": Houston's "new Negro," 1917-1941 -- In "the Garden of Eden": the Houston Renaissance, 1900-1941 -- The black economy at work: wage earners, professionals, economic crisis, and the origins of the second great migration, 1900-1941. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824132903321 |
Pruitt Bernadette | ||
College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A people's war on poverty : urban politics and grassroots activists in Houston / / Wesley G. Phelps |
Autore | Phelps Wesley G |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/69097641411 |
Soggetto topico |
Community development - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century
Poor - Services for - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Poor - Political activity - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Poverty - Government policy - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Social action - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8203-4672-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The War on Poverty and the Expansion of Democracy; One. Declaring a War on Poverty in the Midst of "Pervasive Conservatism": The Tumultuous Road to Establishing a Community Action Agency, 1964-1965; Two. Creating an Alternative Antipoverty Philosophy for Houston: Grassroots Religious Activists and VISTA Workers Outside the City's Community Action Agency, 1964-1966; Three. An Aggressive Vision for the Community Action Program: Confrontational Politics and the Expansion of Democracy, 1966-1967
Four. A Closing Window of Opportunity for Expanding Democracy: Houston's Public Officials and the Taming of the Community Action Program, 1967Five. A Triumph for the Limited Vision of Democracy: New Leadership and the Expulsion of the Organizers, 1967-1969; Six. National Changes with Local Results: De- escalation of the War on Poverty, 1969-1976; Conclusion. The War on Democracy; Notes; Bibliography; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464684303321 |
Phelps Wesley G | ||
Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A people's war on poverty : urban politics and grassroots activists in Houston / / Wesley G. Phelps |
Autore | Phelps Wesley G |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/69097641411 |
Soggetto topico |
Community development - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century
Poor - Services for - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Poor - Political activity - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Poverty - Government policy - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Social action - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century |
ISBN | 0-8203-4672-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The War on Poverty and the Expansion of Democracy; One. Declaring a War on Poverty in the Midst of "Pervasive Conservatism": The Tumultuous Road to Establishing a Community Action Agency, 1964-1965; Two. Creating an Alternative Antipoverty Philosophy for Houston: Grassroots Religious Activists and VISTA Workers Outside the City's Community Action Agency, 1964-1966; Three. An Aggressive Vision for the Community Action Program: Confrontational Politics and the Expansion of Democracy, 1966-1967
Four. A Closing Window of Opportunity for Expanding Democracy: Houston's Public Officials and the Taming of the Community Action Program, 1967Five. A Triumph for the Limited Vision of Democracy: New Leadership and the Expulsion of the Organizers, 1967-1969; Six. National Changes with Local Results: De- escalation of the War on Poverty, 1969-1976; Conclusion. The War on Democracy; Notes; Bibliography; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789029203321 |
Phelps Wesley G | ||
Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A people's war on poverty : urban politics and grassroots activists in Houston / / Wesley G. Phelps |
Autore | Phelps Wesley G |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.5/69097641411 |
Soggetto topico |
Community development - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century
Poor - Services for - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Poor - Political activity - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Poverty - Government policy - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century Social action - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century |
ISBN | 0-8203-4672-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The War on Poverty and the Expansion of Democracy; One. Declaring a War on Poverty in the Midst of "Pervasive Conservatism": The Tumultuous Road to Establishing a Community Action Agency, 1964-1965; Two. Creating an Alternative Antipoverty Philosophy for Houston: Grassroots Religious Activists and VISTA Workers Outside the City's Community Action Agency, 1964-1966; Three. An Aggressive Vision for the Community Action Program: Confrontational Politics and the Expansion of Democracy, 1966-1967
Four. A Closing Window of Opportunity for Expanding Democracy: Houston's Public Officials and the Taming of the Community Action Program, 1967Five. A Triumph for the Limited Vision of Democracy: New Leadership and the Expulsion of the Organizers, 1967-1969; Six. National Changes with Local Results: De- escalation of the War on Poverty, 1969-1976; Conclusion. The War on Democracy; Notes; Bibliography; Index; |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827862303321 |
Phelps Wesley G | ||
Athens, Georgia : , : The University of Georgia Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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