The promised land : the great Black migration and how it changed America

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The promised land : the great Black migration and how it changed America

Title remainder

the great Black migration and how it changed America

Statement of responsibility

Nicholas Lemann

Creator

• Lemann, Nicholas
• true Unknown Label

Subject

• trueRural-urban migration -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• trueGhettoes, African American -- Chicago, Illinois
• trueRacism
• true20th century -- 1901 -- 2000
• trueChicago, Illinois
• truePoor African Americans
• trueClarksdale, Mississippi
• trueHistory writing -- United States -- African American
• trueChicago, Illinois -- Race relations
• trueAfrican Americans -- Migrations | History -- 20th century

Genre

• trueHistory writing

Language

eng

Summary

A New York Times bestseller, the groundbreaking authoritative history of the migration of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North. A definitive book on American history, The Promised Land is also essential reading for educators and policymakers at both national and local levels

Tone

• trueImpassioned

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Award

• Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, 1991.
• ALA Notable Book, 1992.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973

Index

index present

LC call number

E185.6

LC item number

.L36 1992

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

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Target audience

adult