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001 2009049753
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005 20110126082130.0
008 091123s2010 nyu b 001 0deng
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050 00 $aE185.6$b.W685 2010
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100 1 $aWilkerson, Isabel.
245 14 $aThe warmth of other suns :$bthe epic story of America's great migration /$cIsabel Wilkerson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2010.
300 $ax, 622 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [555]-587) and index.
505 0 $aIn 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 coming ; 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.
520 $aIn 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.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xMigrations$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aMigration, Internal$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aRural-urban migration$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.