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North of the color line : migration and Black resistance in Canada, 1870-1955
- Title
- North of the color line : migration and Black resistance in Canada, 1870-1955 / Sarah-Jane Mathieu.
- Author
- Mathieu, Sarah-Jane.
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 280 p. : ill., maps, photographs; 25 cm.
- Summary
- 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
- Series Statement
- The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
- Uniform Title
- John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-267) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 12-661
- ISBN
- 9780807834299 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0807834297 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780807871669 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0807871664 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010018364
- OCLC
- 607975641
- Author
- Mathieu, Sarah-Jane.
- Title
- North of the color line : migration and Black resistance in Canada, 1870-1955 / Sarah-Jane Mathieu.
- Imprint
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.
- Series
- The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and cultureJohn Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-267) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 12-661