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The Negro Peasant Turns Cityward : Effects of Recent Migrations to Northern Centers / Louise Venable Kennedy.
De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1658-1999 Available online
De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1658-1999- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennedy, Louise Venable, author.
- Series:
- Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law ; 329
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1930]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Follows the transition of black Americans northward and westward during and after World War ll. Looks at the thousands who left southern farms and plantations to follow the call of industry.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contents
- Chapter I. Characteristics of Recent Negro Migrations
- Chapter II. The Causes of Migration
- Chapter III. Nature of the Material
- Chapter IV. Occupations, Wages and Hours of Labor
- Chapter V. Race Contacts Involved in the Industrialization of the Negro
- Chapter VI. The Negro's Industrial Achievement
- Chapter VII. Demographic Readjustment of the Negro Population
- Chapter VIII. The Housing of Northern Negroes
- Chapter IX. Vital Statistics and Health
- Chapter X. The Social Maladjustment of the Negro
- Chapter XI. The Negro and Northern Institutions
- Chapter XII. Migration and Social Contacts
- Chapter XIII. Summary and Recommendations
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-231-89573-9
- OCLC:
- 1100453497
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