North of the color line : migration and Black resistance in Canada, 1870-1955 /

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North of the Color Line examines life in Canada for the estimated 5,000 blacks, both African Americans and West Indians, who immigrated to Canada after the end of Reconstruction in the United States. Through the experiences of black railway workers and their union, the Order of Sleeping Car Porters,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mathieu, Sarah-Jane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Colección:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Temas:
Black people > Canada > History.
African Americans > Canada > History.
West Indians > Canada > History.
Immigrants > Canada.
Black people > Canada > Social conditions.
African Americans > Canada > Social conditions.
West Indians > Canada > Social conditions.
Noirs américains > Canada > Histoire.
Antillais > Canada > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Antillais > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Personnes noires > Canada > Histoire.
Personnes noires > Canada > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African Americans
African Americans > Social conditions
Black people
Black people > Social conditions
Immigrants
Race relations
West Indians
West Indians > Social conditions
Canada > Race relations.
Canada
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:North of the Color Line examines life in Canada for the estimated 5,000 blacks, both African Americans and West Indians, who immigrated to Canada after the end of Reconstruction in the United States. Through the experiences of black railway workers and their union, the Order of Sleeping Car Porters, Sarah-Jane Mathieu connects social, political, labor, immigration, and black diaspora history during the Jim Crow era.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 280 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780807899397
0807899399
9781469603858
1469603853

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