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

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

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

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

by Nicholas Lemann
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Book Overview

by Nicholas Lemann (Author)

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.

Author Biography

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.

Number of Pages: 416
Dimensions: 0.95 x 8.02 x 5.24 IN
Publication Date: March 31, 1992
Award: Helen Bernstein Book Award (1991)
ISBN9780679733478
Author Nicholas Lemann
PublisherVintage
GenreHistory and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedMarch 1992
LanguageENG- English
Pages416
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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