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Author:

Tye, Larry.

Title:

Rising from the rails : Pullman porters and the making of the Black middle class / Larry Tye.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Henry Holt,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xvii, 314 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Pullman porters--United States--History.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters--History.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Middle class African Americans.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters--Histoire.
Préposés aux pullmans--États-Unis--Histoire.
Noirs américains--Conditions sociales.
Negers.
Spoorwegpersoneel.
Sociale aspecten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Out of bondage, all aboard -- Rough rides, intimate encounters -- My name's not George -- Saint Philip and the battle for brotherhood -- Behind the mask -- Train to freedom -- A legacy that lasts.

ISBN:

9780805070750
0805070753

LCCN:

2003067573

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

LTAX046 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Centerville (Centerville)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)