Pioneer urbanites : a social and cultural history of Black San Francisco / Douglas Henry Daniels ; foreword by Nathan Irvin Huggins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daniels, Douglas Henry, author.

Contributor:

Huggins, Nathan Irvin, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--California--San Francisco--History.

African Americans.

San Francisco (Calif.)--History.

San Francisco (Calif.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The black migration to San Francisco and the Bay Area differed from the mass movement of Southern rural blacks and their families into the eastern industrial cities. Those who traveled West, or arrived by ship, were often independent, sophisticated, single men. Many were associated with the transportation boom following the Gold Rush; others traveled as employees of wealthy individuals. Douglas Daniels argues for the importance of going beyond the written record and urban statistics in examining the life of a minority community. He has studied photographs from family albums and interviewed members of old black San Francisco families in his effort to provide the first nuanced picture of the lives of black San Franciscans from the 1860s to the 1940s.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Map and Tables

Foreword

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Pioneers

3. Optimists

4. Survivors

5. Scouts

6. Neighbors

7. Leaders

8. Cosmopolites

9. Rounders

10. Newcomers

Appendix: The Informants

Notes

Bibliographical Essay

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Okt 2020)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index.

ISBN:

9780520351059

0520351053

9780520911147

0520911148

9780585200576

0585200572

OCLC:

1198930542