The Other Great Migration : The Movement of Rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941 /

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The twentieth century has seen two great waves of African American migration from rural areas into the city, changing not only the country's demographics but also Black culture. In her thorough study of migration to Houston, the author portrays the move from rural to urban homes in Jim Crow Hou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pruitt, Bernadette, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2013]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions
Rural-urban migration.
Race relations.
Migration, Internal.
Community development.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Migrations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Noirs americains > Texas > Houston > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Migration interieure > Texas > Houston > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Exode rural > Texas > Houston > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Community development > Texas > Houston > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Texas > Houston > Social conditions > 20th century.
Migration, Internal > Texas > Houston > History > 20th century.
Rural-urban migration > Texas > Houston > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Texas > Houston > Migrations > History > 20th century.
Texas > Houston.
Houston (Tex.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Houston (Tex.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pulling up the stakes : the great migration to Houston, 1900-1930
  • Building a city : migrant settlements in Houston, 1900-1941
  • Beautiful people : agency in Houston, 1900-1941
  • "That was their protection and safeguard" : Houston's "new Negro," 1917-1941
  • In "the Garden of Eden" : the Houston Renaissance, 1900-1941
  • The Black economy at work : wage earners, professionals, economic crisis, and the origins of the second great migration, 1900-1941
  • Conclusion : new beginnings, new institutions, new migrations.

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