The Resource The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration, Isabel Wilkerson
The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration, Isabel Wilkerson
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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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 622 p.
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780679444329
- Label
- The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration
- Title
- The warmth of other suns
- Title remainder
- the epic story of America's great migration
- Statement of responsibility
- Isabel Wilkerson
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
-
- 304.80973
- 304.873
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.6
- LC item number
- .W685 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Label
- The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration, Isabel Wilkerson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [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 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
- Control code
- ocn477270924
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 622 p.
- Isbn
- 9780679444329
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009049753
- System control number
- (OCoLC)477270924
- Label
- The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration, Isabel Wilkerson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [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 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
- Control code
- ocn477270924
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- x, 622 p.
- Isbn
- 9780679444329
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2009049753
- System control number
- (OCoLC)477270924
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