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An Innovative Contribution To The Growing Body Of Research About Urban African-american Culture In The South, Black Dixie Is The First Anthology To Track The Black Experience In A Single Southern City Across The Entire Slavery/post-slavery Continuum. It Combines The Best Previously Published Scholarship About Black Houston And Little-known Contemporary Eye-witness Accounts Of The City With Fresh, Unpublished Essays By Historians And Social Scientists. Divided Into Four. Sections, The Book Covers A Broad Range Of Both Time And Subjects. The First Section Analyzes The Development Of Scholarly Consciousness And Interest In The History Of Black Houston; Slavery In Nineteenth-century Houston Is Covered In The Second Section; Economic And Social Development In Houston In The Era Of Segregation Are Looked At In The Third Section; And Segregation, Violence, And Civil Rights In Twentieth-century Houston Are Dealt With In The Final Section. Collectively, The Contents Of Black Dixie Utilize The Full Range Of Primary Sources Available To Scholars Studying The Black South. These Include Such Traditional Material As Newspapers And Diaries As Well As Newer Techniques Involving Quantification And

Author

Howard Beeth and Cary D. Wintz

Publisher

Texas A&M University Press; Texas A & M Univ Pr; Brand: Texas AnM University Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9781585444632

Subjects

History, Sociology, Humanities