An edition of The Promised Land (1991)
The Promised Land
An Account of Sharecropping Families in Their Journey from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago
By Nicholas Lemann
Publish Date
August 8, 1991
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Language
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Pages
409
Description:
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.
subjects: History, Rural-urban migration, African Americans, Migrations, Migration, Internal, Internal Migration, Afro-Americans, Noirs américains, Landflucht, Exode rural, Urbanization, Sozialer Wandel, Schwarze, Afroamerikaiak, Histoire, Trek naar de stad, Belföldi, Városi élet, Binnenlandse migratie, Negers, Migráció, Migratie (demografie), New York Times reviewed, African americans, history, Afro americanos, Migraciones, Historia, Migración rural urbana
Places: United States
Times: 20th century