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Uses the waterfront squatter settlements and Black entertainment district near the levee in St. Louis as a window into the world of the river poor in the Mississippi Valley, exploring their daily struggles and experiences and vividly describing people heretofore obscured by classist and racist caricatures.

Shantyboats and Roustabouts

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      Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/30/2022 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780807178478, 978-0807178478
      ISBN10: 0807178470
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      Book Synopsis
      Uses the waterfront squatter settlements and Black entertainment district near the levee in St. Louis as a window into the world of the river poor in the Mississippi Valley, exploring their daily struggles and experiences and vividly describing people heretofore obscured by classist and racist caricatures.

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