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North of the color line : migration and Black resistance in Canada, 1870-1955 / Sarah-Jane Mathieu.
Author
Mathieu, Sarah-Jane
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
Description
xiv, 280 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Subject(s)
Black people
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Canada
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History
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African Americans
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Canada
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History
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West Indians
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Canada
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History
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Canada
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Race relations
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Immigrants
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Canada
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Black people
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Canada
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Social conditions
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African Americans
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Canada
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Social conditions
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West Indians
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Canada
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Social conditions
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Series
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
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Summary note
North of the Color Line examines life in Canada for the estimated 5,000 blacks, both African Americans and West Indians, who immigrated to Canada after the end of Reconstruction in the United States. Through the experiences of black railway workers and their union, the Order of Sleeping Car Porters, Sarah-Jane Mathieu connects social, political, labor, immigration, and black diaspora history during the Jim Crow era. --from publisher description.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
Introduction. birth of a nation : race, empire, and nationalism during Canada's railway age
Drawing the line : race and Canadian immigration policy
Jim Crow rides this train : segregation in the Canadian workforce
Fighting the empire : race, war, and mobilization
Building an empire, uplifting a race : race, uplift, and transnational alliances
Bonds of steel : depression, war, and international brotherhood.
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ISBN
9780807834299 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807834297 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807871669 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807871664 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2010018364
OCLC
607975641
RCP
H - S
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