The Great Migration in Historical Perspective
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The Great Migration in Historical Perspective: New Dimensions of Race, Class, and Gender(Blacks in the Diaspora)

The Great Migration in Historical Perspective: New Dimensions of Race, Class, and Gender(Blacks in the Diaspora)


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"The essays collected in this book represent the best of our present understanding of the African-American migration which began in the early twentieth century." —Southern Historian "As an overview of a field in transition, this is a valuable and deeply thought-provoking anthology." —Pennsylvania History " . . . provocative and informative . . . " —Louisiana History "The papers themselves are uniformly strong, and read together cast interesting light upon one another." —Georgia Historical Quarterly " . . . well-written and insightful essays . . . " —Journal of American History "This well-researched and well-documented collection represents the latest scholarship on the black migration." —Illinois Historical Journal " . . . an impressive balance of theory and historical content . . . " —Indiana Magazine of History Legions of black Americans left the South to migrate to the jobs of the North, from the meat-packing plants of Chicago to the shipyards of Richmond, California. These essays analyze the role of African Americans in shaping their own geographical movement, emphasizing the role of black kin, friend, and communal network. Contributors include Darlene Clark Hine, Peter Gottlieb, James R. Grossman, Earl Lewis, Shirley Ann Moore, and Joe William Trotter, Jr.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Nell Irvin Painter Preface Acknowledgments Introduction, Black Migration in Historical Perspective: A Review of the Literature Joe William Trotter, Jr. Expectations, Economic Opportunities, and Life in the Industrial Age: Black Migration to Norfolk, Virginia, 1910-1945 Earl Lewis Race, Class, and Industrial Change: Black Migration to Southern West Virginia, 1915-1932 Joe William Trotter, Jr. Rethinking the Graet Migration: A Perspective from Pittsburgh Peter Gottlieb The White Man's Union: The Great Migration and the Resonance of Race and Class in Chicago, 1916-1922 James R. Grossman Getting There, Being There: African-American Migration to Richmond, California, 1910-1945 Shirley Ann Moore Black Migration to the Urban Midwest: The Gender Dimension, 1915-1945 Darlene Clark Hine Conclusion. Black Migration Studies: The Future Joe William Trotter, Jr. Contributors Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780253206695
  • Publisher: Indiana University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Series Title: Blacks in the Diaspora
  • Weight: 313 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0253206693
  • Publisher Date: 22 Nov 1991
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 01
  • Sub Title: New Dimensions of Race, Class, and Gender
  • Width: 156 mm


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