9780805078503
Rising From The Rails: Pullman Porters And The Making Of The Black Middle Class
Larry Tye
ISBN 13: 9780805078503
Publisher: Owl Books
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Softcover
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A fascinating social history describes how, in the 1920s, the largest employer of African-American men in the country became the Pullman company, which hired former slaves as sleeping car porters, creating a unique culture of language, lore, and legend that blazed a path for a black middle class.
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Book Description: Holt McDougal, United States, 2005. Paperback. Book Condition: New. Reprint. 209 x 140 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. "A lively and engaging chronicle that adds yet another dimension to the historical record."-The Boston Globe When George Pullman began recruiting Southern blacks as porters in his luxurious new sleeping cars, the former slaves suffering under Jim Crow laws found his offer of a steady job and worldly experience irresistable. They quickly signed up to serve as maid, waiter, concierge, nanny, and occasionally doctor and undertaker to cars full of white passengers, making the Pullman Company the largest employer of African Americans in the country by the 1920s. Drawing on extensive interviews with dozens of porters and their descendants, Larry Tye reconstructs the complicated world of the Pullman porter and the vital cultural, political, and economic roles they played as forerunners of the modern black middle class. "Rising from the Rails" provides a lively and enlightening look at this important social phenomenon. Bookseller Inventory # AAC9780805078503 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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