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Author:

Johnson, Violet Showers.

Title:

The other Black Bostonians : West Indians in Boston, 1900-1950 / Violet Showers Johnson.

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

x, 181 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

West Indian Americans--Boston--Boston--History--20th century.
West Indian Americans--Boston--Boston--Social conditions--20th century.
Blacks--Boston--Boston--History--20th century.
Blacks--Boston--Boston--Social conditions--20th century.
Immigrants--Boston--Boston--Social conditions--20th century.
West Indians--History--History--20th century.
Blacks--History--History--20th century.
Boston (Mass.)--History--History--20th century.
Boston (Mass.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-171) and index.

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.

Series:

Blacks in the diaspora

ISBN:

9780253347527 (cloth : alk. paper)
0253347521 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)64427333

LCCN:

2006005254

Locations:

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

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)