Competition in the Promised Land : Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets

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" From 1940 to 1970, nearly four million black migrants left the American rural South to settle in the industrial cities of the North and West. Competition in the Promised Land provides a comprehensive account of the long-lasting effects of the influx of black workers on labor markets and urban...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Boustan, Leah Platt
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton University Press, 2016.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Rural-urban migration.
Migration, Internal.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Migrations.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
HISTORY / Social History.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.
Noirs americains > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Conditions economiques > 20e siecle.
Exode rural > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Rural-urban migration > United States > History > 20th century.
Migration, Internal > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Migrations > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Black Migration from the South in Historical Context
  • Chapter 2: Who Left the South and How Did They Fare?
  • Chapter 3: Competition in Northern Labor Markets
  • Chapter 4: Black Migration, White Flight
  • Chapter 5: Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions
  • Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970
  • References
  • Index

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