Riding Jane Crow : African American Women on the American Railroad /

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"Miriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad. As Jim Crow laws became more prevalent and forced Black Americans to 'ride Jim Crow' on the rails, the train compartment became a co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Thaggert, Miriam (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Railroad travel.
Race relations.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
African American women.
Voyages en train > États-Unis > Histoire.
Noires americaines > États-Unis > Histoire.
Railroad travel > United States > History.
African American women > United States > History.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States > Race relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Off the tracks: race, gender, and the American railroad
  • Ladies' space: an archive of Black women's railroad narratives
  • A kiss in the dark: sexualizing Black female mobility
  • Platform politics: the waiter carriers of Virginia
  • Handmaidens for travelers: archiving the Pullman Company maid
  • Terminus: Pauli Murray, Pete, and Jane Crow.

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