From diversity to unity : Southern and Appalachian migrants in Uptown Chicago, 1950-1970 / Roger Guy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guy, Roger, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City and town life--Illinois--Chicago--History.

City and town life.

Neighborhoods--Illinois--Chicago--History.

Neighborhoods.

Rural-urban migration--Southern States--History.

Rural-urban migration.

Appalachians (People)--Migrations.

Appalachians (People).

History.

Southern States.

Illinois--Chicago.

Physical Description:

viii, 131 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2007]

Summary:

From Diversity to Unity is a community study of settlement and adaptation of southern and Appalachian migrants to the neighborhood of Uptown Chicago. Oral histories, community newspapers, and secondary sources reveal the human experience of urban migration. Following the postwar collapse of the coal industry, Appalachian migration to northern cities increased significantly. Roger Guy examines this migration, placing particular emphasis on the role of women in the settlement of the migrants in a new place. From Diversity to Unity fills a valuable niche in urban and Appalachian history and is ideal for scholars and students of urban and Chicago history as well as Appalachian and ethnic studies.

Contents:

Introduction: prelude to departure

Hitting the hillbilly highway: leaving home behind

Destination Uptown: a rocky evolution

A common ground: urban adaptation and migrant identity

Hillbilly jungle and hillbilly heaven: a tale of perceptions

Unity, community, and the Chicago Southern Center

Southern unity and social protest in Uptown

The migrant generation: from unity to invisibility.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [123]-129).

ISBN:

9780739118337

0739118331

OCLC:

156822392