| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 225 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The Lamar Series in Western History
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Lamar series in western history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-215) and index. |
| Summary |
'Growing Up with the Country' documents the migration of freedom's first generation out of the South and into the West after the Civil War. A narrative history, the text traces three of the author's ancestors and their successive migrations in the half-century after emancipation. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One: "Intruder of Color": Freedom, Sovereignty, and Kinship in Indian Territory -- Two: Passing for Black: White Kinfolk, "Mulatto" Freedpeople, and Westward Migration -- Three: "He Dreamed of Africa": Kinship, Class, and Peoplehood -- Four: "No Such Thing as Stand Still": The Chief Sam Movement and the "African Pioneers" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Oklahoma -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans. |
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Oklahoma. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Oklahoma -- Relations with Indians -- History -- 19th century.
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Relations with Indians. |
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African Americans -- Migrations.
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African Americans -- Migrations. |
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Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Migration, Internal. |
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United States. |
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Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Field, Kendra Taira. Growing up with the country. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018] 9780300180527 (DLC) 2017932063 (OCoLC)982651924 |
| ISBN |
9780300182286 (electronic book) |
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0300182287 (electronic book) |
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9780300180527 |
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0300180527 |
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