The Great Migration in Historical Perspective: New Dimensions of Race, Class, and Gender
by Joe William Trotter Jr.
Blacks in the Diaspora (1991)
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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 show more ... 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 an impressive balance of theory and historical content...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. show lessTags
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Joe William Trotter, Jr., is Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice, and Founder and Director of the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of Black Milwaukee and Coal, Class, and Color.
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- The Great Migration in Historical Perspective: New Dimensions of Race, Class, and Gender
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- USA
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- English
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- Nonfiction, Anthropology, History, Sociology
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- 305.896 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Ethnic and national groups Other ethnic and national groups Africans and people of African descent; Blacks of African origin
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- E185.86 .G65 — History of the United States United States Elements in the population Afro-Americans Status and development since emancipation
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