| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; number 21
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Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 21.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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, Bernadette Pruitt portrays the move from rural to urban homes in Jim Crow Houston as a form of black activism and resistance to racism. Between 1900 and 1950 nearly fifty thousand blacks left their rural communities and small towns in Texas and Louisiana for Houston. Jim Crow proscription, disfranchisement, acts of violence and brutality, and rural poverty push. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Texas -- Houston -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans. |
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Texas -- Houston. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Rural-urban migration -- Texas -- Houston -- History -- 20th century.
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Rural-urban migration. |
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Migration, Internal -- Texas -- Houston -- History -- 20th century.
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Migration, Internal. |
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African Americans -- Texas -- Houston -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
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Houston (Tex.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Community development -- Texas -- Houston -- History -- 20th century.
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Community development. |
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Houston (Tex.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pruitt, Bernadette, 1965- Other great migration. First edition 9781603449489 (DLC) 2013017813 (OCoLC)843454927 |
| ISBN |
9781623490034 (electronic book) |
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1623490030 (electronic book) |
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9781461949466 (electronic book) |
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1461949467 (electronic book) |
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9781603449489 |
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1603449485 |
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