Making a way out of no way : African American women and the second great migration / Lisa Krissoff Boehm

Author: Boehm, Lisa Krissoff, 1969-
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2009]
Copyright Date: ©2009
Physical Description: xx, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Series

Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies

Contents

A note on style -- Biographical sketches -- Introduction -- Memories of the Southern childhood -- Guiding influences and the younger years -- The move north -- Encountering the city -- The work of the domestic -- Family aspects -- Experiences with other types of employment -- Reflections on the migration and a life of work -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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ISBN

9781604732160 (cloth : alk. paper)
1604732164 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781604732177 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1604732172 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-282) and index.

Source of Acquisition

York copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 20089.

Endowment Note

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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