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Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class
By
Larry Tye
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Publication date
June 15, 2004
Pages
314
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780805070750
ISBN-10
0805070753
Dimensions
1.25 by 7 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.42 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$26.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
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. 20,000 first printing.
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Hardcover
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from Henry Holt & Co (June 15, 2004)
9780805070750 | details & prices | 314 pages | 7.00 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.42 lbs | List price $26.00
About: Describes how the Pullman Company hired former slaves as sleeping car porters and became the largest employer of African American men in the country by the 1920s, creating a unique culture that blazed a path for a black middle class.
About: Describes how the Pullman Company hired former slaves as sleeping car porters and became the largest employer of African American men in the country by the 1920s, creating a unique culture that blazed a path for a black middle class.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Henry Holt & Co (May 1, 2005)
9780805078503 | details & prices | 314 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.68 lbs | List price $19.00
About: 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.
About: 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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