The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration / Isabel Wilkerson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780679444329 (alk. paper) :
- ISBN: 0679444327 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: x, 622 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-587) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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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Subject: | African Americans > Migrations > History > 20th century. Migration, Internal > United States > History > 20th century. Rural-urban migration > United States > History > 20th century. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 304.8 W681w 2010 (Text) | 33126025032578 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/22/2024 |
Erlanger Branch | 304.8 W681w 2010 (Text) | 33126024705281 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/13/2024 |
Independence Branch | 304.8 W681w 2010 (Text) | 33126024705273 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |