false <![CDATA[Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171847944m/123069.jpg 123069 3 When George Pullman began recruiting Southern blacks as porters in his luxurious new sleeping cars, the former slaves suffering under Jim Crow laws found his offer of a steady job and worldly experience irresistible. They quickly signed up to serve as maid, waiter, concierge, nanny, and occasionally doctor and undertaker to cars full of white passengers, making the Pullman Company the largest employer of African Americans in the country by the 1920s. Drawing on extensive interviews with dozens of porters and their descendants, Larry Tye reconstructs the complicated world of the Pullman porter and the vital cultural, political, and economic roles they played as forerunners of the modern black middle class. Rising from the Rails provides a lively and enlightening look at this important social phenomenon. 118486 2004 Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class total:34|5:5|4:16|3:11|2:1|1:1| 34 125 101 9 1 0 false false Tue May 12 17:43:01 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 17:43:41 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Mar 02 11:00:34 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 11:01:21 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 27 18:27:24 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 24 17:23:05 -0800 2008 great content. lullaby writing. if you are a history buff and have some no-doze or an unlimited supply of coffee on hand, have at it. otherwise, give to a friend with insomnia and they will be grateful to you for the instant cure.
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