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The other Black Bostonians : West Indians in Boston, 1900-1950 / Violet Showers Johnson.
Van Pelt Library F73.7.W54 J64 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Violet Showers.
- Series:
- Blacks in the diaspora
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West Indian Americans--Massachusetts--Boston--History--20th century.
- West Indian Americans.
- West Indian Americans--Massachusetts--Boston--Social conditions--20th century.
- Black people--Massachusetts--Boston--History--20th century.
- Black people.
- Black people--Massachusetts--Boston--Social conditions--20th century.
- Immigrants--Massachusetts--Boston--Social conditions--20th century.
- Immigrants.
- West Indians--Migrations--History--20th century.
- West Indians.
- Black people--Migrations--History--20th century.
- History.
- Social conditions.
- Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Massachusetts--Boston.
- Physical Description:
- x, 181 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- The story of the first wave of black immigration to Boston from the Caribbean
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-171) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0253347521
- 9780253347527
- OCLC:
- 64427333
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