From the banana zones to the Big Easy : West Indian and Central American immigration to New Orleans, 1910-1940 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chambers, Glenn Anthony (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Immigrants > Louisiana > New Orleans > History > 20th century. New Orleans (La.) > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century. Caribbean Area > Emigration and immigration > History > 20th century. New Orleans (La.) > Race relations > History > 20th century. New Orleans (La.) > Social conditions > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

New Orleans and Latin America: Disparate Destinies and Shared Imaginaries in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Criminalizing Blackness: Liberals, Modernization, and the West Indian "Problem" in Honduras
West Indians and the Call to Citizenship in Early-Twentieth-Century New Orleans
Inventing a New Life in the Midst of Uncertainty: Navigating the Racial Divide in New Orleans
Capitalists, Student Activists, and Everyday Citizens: Negotiating a Latin American Identity in a "Diverse" Jim Crow City.