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The other Black Bostonians : West Indians in Boston, 1900-1950
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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...
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, activism and social mobility. What emerges is a detailed picture of black immigrant life. Johnson’s work makes a contribution to the study of the black diaspora as it charts the history of this first wave of Caribbean immigrants.
Details
- Creator
- Violet Showers Johnson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2006]
- copyright 2006
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (x, 181 pages) : illustrations, maps
- OCLC
- on1126076501
- Title from resource description page (viewed September 11, 2019).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-171) and index.
- In English.
- 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
Subjects
- West Indian Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.
- West Indian Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Black people -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 20th century.
- Black people -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Immigrants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
- Black people -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
- West Indians -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
- Boston (Mass.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.