The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America (Helen Bernstein Book Award) - Brossura

Lemann, Nicholas

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ISBN 10: 0679733477 ISBN 13: 9780679733478

Casa editrice: Vintage, 1992

Riassunto

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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Recensione:

"A compelling and powerful book that should be read by anyone interested in the continuing history of racial oppression and conflict in the United States. Lemann successfully interweaves personal narratives of African-American migrants and their families with the discouraging story of politics and public policy in Chicago and Washington."-- David Brion Davis, Yale University
"A fascinating and deeply moving book, a masterpiece of social anthropology. Lemann's account of the political history of the War on Poverty ranks with the very best contemporary history."--David Herbert Donald, Harvard University

L'autore:

Nicholas Lemann was born and raised in New Orleans and has been a magazine writer since he was a teenager. He has worked at the Washington Monthly, Texas Monthly, and the Washington Post, and has been a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. He was the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University until 2013.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0679733477
• ISBN 13: 9780679733478
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 416