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Description

1. 1 online resource (xxi, 453 p.) : ill., map.

Series statement

1. Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 21

Uniform title

1. Other great migration (Online)
2. Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 21.

Alternative title

1. Other great migration (Online)

Subject

1. African-Americans > Texas > Houston > Migrations > History > 20th century
2. Rural-urban migration > Texas > Houston > History > 20th century
3. Migration, Internal > Texas > Houston > History > 20th century
4. African Americans > Texas > Houston > Social conditions > 20th century
5. Community development > Texas > Houston > History > 20th century
6. Houston (Tex.) > Social conditions > 20th century
7. Houston (Tex.) > Race relations > History > 20th century

Contents

1. 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.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-429) and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Pruitt, Bernadette, 1965-

Title

1. The other great migration [electronic resource] : the movement of rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941 / Bernadette Pruitt.

Imprint

1. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2013.

Edition

1. 1st ed.

Series

1. Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 21
2. Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 21.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-429) and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2013017813