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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.

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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.

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  • Title The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America (Helen Bernstein Book Award)
  • Author Nicholas Lemann
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1992-03-31
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780679733478 / 0679733477
  • Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.02 x 5.24 x 0.95 in (20.37 x 13.31 x 2.41 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Black History
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Migrations - History -, Rural-urban migration - United States -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 91050493
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973

Media reviews

"A compelling and powerful book that should be read by anyone interested in the continuing history of racial oppression and conflict in the United States. Lemann successfully interweaves personal narratives of African-American migrants and their families with the discouraging story of politics and public policy in Chicago and Washington."-- David Brion Davis, Yale University
"A fascinating and deeply moving book, a masterpiece of social anthropology. Lemann's account of the political history of the War on Poverty ranks with the very best contemporary history."--David Herbert Donald, Harvard University

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  • Publishers Weekly, 03/02/1992, Page 0

About the author

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.
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