Land of Hope : Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration.

By: Grossman, James RMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989Copyright date: ©1989Description: 1 online resource (400 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780226309965Subject(s): African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century | African Americans -- Southern States -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century | Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 1875- | Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Land of Hope : Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great MigrationDDC classification: 977.3/1100496073 LOC classification: F548Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. "All I Ask Is Give Me a Chance -- 2. "The Negro's Natural Home -- 3. "Tell Me about the Place -- 4. "Bound for the Promised Land -- Part 2 -- 5. "Home People" and "Old Settlers -- 6. "Don't Have to Look up to the White Man -- 7. "Eny Kind of Worke -- 8. "The White Man's Union -- 9. "What Work Can I Get If I Go through School? -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Grossman's rich, detailed analysis of black migration to Chicago during World War I and its aftermath brilliantly captures the cultural meaning of the movement.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- 1. "All I Ask Is Give Me a Chance -- 2. "The Negro's Natural Home -- 3. "Tell Me about the Place -- 4. "Bound for the Promised Land -- Part 2 -- 5. "Home People" and "Old Settlers -- 6. "Don't Have to Look up to the White Man -- 7. "Eny Kind of Worke -- 8. "The White Man's Union -- 9. "What Work Can I Get If I Go through School? -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Grossman's rich, detailed analysis of black migration to Chicago during World War I and its aftermath brilliantly captures the cultural meaning of the movement.

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