The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration

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The work The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration

Title remainder

the epic story of America's great migration

Statement of responsibility

Isabel Wilkerson

Creator

• Wilkerson, Isabel

Subject

• African Americans -- Migrations | History -- 20th century
• HISTORY -- African American
• HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
• History
• Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• African Americans -- History -- 20th century
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
• Rural-urban migration -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America

Awards note

• National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 2010.
• Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Nonfiction, 2011.

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 304.80973
• 304.873

Index

index present

Interest level

High School

LC call number

E185.6

LC item number

.W685 2010

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

NLM call number

304.809 W681w

Reading level

9.5

Study program name

Reading Counts RC