Pioneer Urbanites: A Social and Cultural History of Black San Francisco

by William Graham Sumner and Douglas Henry Daniels

Book Overview

The black migration to San Francisco and the Bay Area differed from the mass movement of Southern rural blacks and their families into the eastern industrial cities. Those who traveled West, or arrived by ship, were often independent, sophisticated, single men. Many were associated with the transportation boom following the Gold Rush; others traveled as employees of wealthy individuals. Douglas Daniels argues for the importance of going beyond the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520073991
• ISBN13: 9780520073999
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"