Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Miriam ThaggertSeries:Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American HistoryPublish date:06/28/22Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Illinois PressISBN-13:9780252086595ISBN-10:252086597UPC:9780252086595Book Category:History, TransportationBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Women, RailroadsBook Topic:HistorySize:8.90 x 5.98 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SC7ZWNH4AM
Miriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad. As Jim Crow laws became more prevalent and forced Black Americans to "ride Jim Crow" on the rails, the train compartment became a contested space of leisure and work. Riding Jane Crow examines four instances of Black female railroad travel: the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Illinois PressISBN-13:9780252086595ISBN-10:252086597UPC:9780252086595Book Category:History, TransportationBook Subcategory:African American & Black, Women, RailroadsBook Topic:HistorySize:8.90 x 5.98 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SC7ZWNH4AM
Miriam Thaggert is an associate professor of English at SUNY Buffalo and the author of Images of Black Modernism: Verbal and Visual Strategies of the Harlem Renaissance.
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