Beginning after World War I; Houston was transformed from a black-and-white frontier town into one of the most ethnically and racially diverse urban areas in the United States. Houston Bound draws on social and cultural history to show how; despite Anglo attempts to fix racial categories through Jim Crow laws; converging migrations—particularly those of Mexicans and Creoles—complicated ideas of blackness and whiteness and introduced different understandings about race. This migration history also uses music and sound to examine these racial complexities; tracing the emergence of Houston's blues and jazz scenes in the 1920s as well as the hybrid forms of these genres that arose when migrants forged shared social space and carved out new communities and politics. This interdisciplinary book provides both an innovative historiography about migration and immigration in the twentieth century and a critical examination of a city located in the former Confederacy.
#95539 in Books 2012-04-23Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .60 x 6.00l; 1.18 #File Name: 0520270819328 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A guide to LA's less traveled areasBy SamInteresting book with lots of cool; off the beaten track places. It's kind of a sightseeing guide with a great historical narrative about each place. What is really different from other LA guidebooks is that it picks out the hidden history of less affluent or touristy areas. I go to USC so we're a bit far from a lot of the typical Hollywood stuff; but this book had plenty of fascinating history about South LA; Downtown; and such. After a semester of exploring on the weekends I still haven't been everywhere the guide talks about; but I haven't forgotten the places I have seen.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy CustomerVery revealing of little-known facts of a well-known city.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerVery good!^_^
