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Autore |
Boustan Leah Platt |
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Competition in the Promised Land : Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets / / Leah Platt Boustan |
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Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] |
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©2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 pages) |
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Collana |
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National Bureau of Economic Research Publications |
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BUS023000BUS038000BUS092000HIS036060HIS054000 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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HISTORY / Social History |
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History |
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 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2016. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 space in receiving areas.Traditionally, the |
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