The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration / Isabel Wilkerson.
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Random House
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2010
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First edition.
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Edition |
First edition.
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Description |
x, 622 pages ; 25 cm
Gender gdr Women lcdgt
Ethnic/cultural eth African Americans lcdgt
National/regional nat Americans lcdgt
Occupation/field of activity occ Authors Journalists lcsh
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [555]-587) and index.
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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 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.
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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.
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Awards |
National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 2010.
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction, 2011.
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction, 2011.
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Study Program |
Reading Counts RC High School 9.5 43 Quiz: 54825.
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ISBN |
9780679444329 (alk. paper)
0679444327 (alk. paper)
9781448755936 (Follettbound)
144875593X (Follettbound)
9780679763888 (Vintage Books trade paperback)
0679763880 (Vintage Books trade paperback)
9780679604075 (ebook)
0679604073 (ebook)
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