Details

Subject(s)

• Black people—Canada—History [Browse]
• African Americans—Canada—History [Browse]
• West Indians—Canada—History [Browse]
• Canada—Race relations [Browse]
• Immigrants—Canada [Browse]
• Black people—Canada—Social conditions [Browse]
• African Americans—Canada—Social conditions [Browse]
• West Indians—Canada—Social conditions [Browse]

Series

John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture [More in this series]

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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Other title(s)

Project Muse UPCC books

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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