The other great migration the movement of rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941 / Bernadette Pruitt.

Author/creator Pruitt, Bernadette, 1965-
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoCollege Station : Texas A&M University Press,
Descriptionxxi, 453 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
African-Americans--Texas. --Houston. --Migrations. --History. --20th century.
Rural-urban migration--Texas. --Houston. --History. --20th century.
Migration, Internal--Texas. --Houston. --History. --20th century.
African Americans--Texas. --Houston. --Social conditions. --20th century.
Community development--Texas. --Houston. --History. --20th century.
Houston (Tex.)--Social conditions. --20th century.
Houston (Tex.)--Race relations. --History. --20th century.

SeriesSam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 21
Sam Rayburn series on rural life ; no. 21. ^A446978
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [387]-429) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013017813
ISBN9781603449489 (book/cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781623490034 (ebook format/all ebooks)