{"product_id":"riding-jane-crow-african-american-women-on-the-american-railroad-paperback","title":"Riding Jane Crow: African American Women on the American Railroad - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiriam Thaggert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad. As Jim Crow laws became more prevalent and forced Black Americans to \"ride Jim Crow\" on the rails, the train compartment became a contested space of leisure and work. \u003ci\u003eRiding Jane Crow\u003c\/i\u003e examines four instances of Black female railroad travel: the travel narratives of Black female intellectuals such as Anna Julia Cooper and Mary Church Terrell; Black middle-class women who sued to ride in first class \"ladies' cars\"; Black women railroad food vendors; and Black maids on Pullman trains. Thaggert argues that the railroad represented a technological advancement that was entwined with African American attempts to secure social progress. Black women's experiences on or near the railroad illustrate how American technological progress has often meant their ejection or displacement; thus, it is the Black woman who most fully measures the success of American freedom and privilege, or \"progress,\" through her travel experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiriam Thaggert\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of English at SUNY Buffalo and the author of \u003ci\u003eImages of Black Modernism: Verbal and Visual Strategies of the Harlem Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 28, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766940107040,"sku":"9780252086595","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/57f321597f655ea73379e88e9449bf9e.webp?v=1780301332","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/riding-jane-crow-african-american-women-on-the-american-railroad-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}