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The Promised LandThe Promised Land

The Promised Land1991

Nicholas Lemann

4.0(1)on Hardcover

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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.

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First published
1991
OL Work ID
OL29625W

Subjects

HistoryRural-urban migrationAfrican AmericansMigrationsMigration, InternalInternal MigrationAfro-AmericansNoirs américainsLandfluchtExode ruralUrbanizationSozialer WandelSchwarzeAfroamerikaiakHistoireTrek naar de stadBelföldiVárosi élet

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