| Description |
1 online resource (x, 622 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [555]-587) and index. |
| Contents |
In the land of the forefathers. Leaving ; The Great Migration, 1915-1970 -- Beginnings. Ida Mae Brandon Gladney ; The stirrings of discontent ; George Swanson Starling ; Robert Joseph Pershing Foster ; A burdensome labor ; The Awakening ; Breaking away -- Exodus. The appointed time of their crossing ; Crossing over -- The kinder mistress. Chicago ; New York ; Los Angeles ; The things they left behind ; Transplanted in alien soil ; Divisions ; To bend in strange winds ; The other side of Jordan ; Complications ; The river keeps running ; The prodigals ; Disillusionment ; Revolutions ; The fullness of the migration -- Aftermath. In the places they left ; Losses ; More North and West than South ; Redemption ; And, perhaps, to bloom ; The winter of their lives ; The emancipation of Ida Mae. |
| Summary |
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
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Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Rural-urban migration -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wilkerson, Isabel. warmth of other suns. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2010 9780679444329 (DLC) 2009049753 (OCoLC)477270924 |
| ISBN |
9780679604075 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB) |
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0679604073 (electronic bk. : Adobe EPUB) |
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