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Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class Paperback - 2005
by Tye, Larry
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Drawing on extensive interviews with dozens of porters and their descendants, 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.
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- Title Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class
- Author Tye, Larry
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Holt Paperbacks, New York
- Date 2005-06-01
- Features Bibliography, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0805078509_used
- ISBN 9780805078503 / 0805078509
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 1 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Social conditions, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003067573
- Dewey Decimal Code 331.88
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HE WAS A black man in a white jacket and sable hat.
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- Ingram Advance, 06/01/2005, Page 121
- New York Times, 07/24/2005, Page 24