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The other Black Bostonians : West Indians in Boston, 1900-1950 / Violet Showers Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Violet Showers.
- Series:
- Blacks in the diaspora.
- 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.
- Boston (Mass.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Boston (Mass.).
- Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-171) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-07551-9
- 9786612075513
- 0-253-11238-9
- OCLC:
- 298790834
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