The warmth of other suns the epic story of America's great migration
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,...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The warmth of other suns : |b the epic story of America's great migration / |c Isabel Wilkerson. |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b Random House, |c c2010. | ||
| 300 | |a x, 622 pages ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-587) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Rural-urban migration |z United States |x History |y 20th century. | |
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