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Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration

Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration is a non-fiction book by James R. Grossman, published by University of Chicago Press in 1991. It received several positive reviews in the academic press, and was noted as a significant contribution to scholarly work on Black community experience of migration to Chicago from southern states.

Background and contents

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The book is in two parts, with the latter describing how the Southerners had lived in Chicago.[1] The research included government records, manuscripts, and other archival material.[2]

Reception and analysis

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Daniel Letwin of the College of the Holy Cross[a] stated that this book has "much in common" with Making Their Own Way: Southern Blacks' Migration to Pittsburgh, 1916-30,[5] although compared to the other book Land of Hope is more "comprehensive".[6] Jon C. Teaford of Purdue University compared the work to American Exodus: The Dust Bowl Migration and Okie Culture in California, in that African-Americans saw Chicago as an important destination for similar reasons that "Okies" escaping the Dust Bowl saw California as an important destination.[7]

Jacqueline A. Rouse of Georgia State University praised the descriptions of community organizing and giving agency to African-American migrants.[8]

Clarence E. Walker of University of California, Davis wrote that the work is "thoughtful, well-researched, and provocative".[9]

Vernon J. Williams, Jr. of Purdue University described the work as "authoritative and significant".[10]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Letwin was visiting history instructor at Holy Cross 1989–1991; later, he was appointed Associate Professor of History at Pennsylvania State University's College of the Liberal Arts.[3][4]

Sources

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  • Letwin, Daniel (1990). "Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration, by James Grossman (Book Review)". International Labor and Working-Class History. 38: 128−130. doi:10.1017/S0147547900010395. JSTOR 27671910.
  • Rouse, Jacqueline A. (1992). "Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration". The Journal of Negro History. 77 (2): 97–99. doi:10.2307/3031486. JSTOR 3031486.
  • Teaford, Jon C (1990). "Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration". Reviews in American History. 18 (2): 218. doi:10.2307/2702752. JSTOR 2702752.
  • Walker, Clarence E (1990). "Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration". Agricultural History. 64 (4): 139. JSTOR 3743368.
  • Williams, Vernon J. Jr (1991). "Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners and the Great Migration". Journal of American Ethnic History. 11 (1): 86. JSTOR 27500906.

References

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  1. ^ Williams 1991, p. 88.
  2. ^ Williams 1991, pp. 87−88.
  3. ^ Department of History, Penn State CLA 2022.
  4. ^ College of the Holy Cross 1990.
  5. ^ Letwin 1990, p. 129.
  6. ^ Letwin 1990, p. 130.
  7. ^ Teaford 1990, p. 220.
  8. ^ Rouse 1992, p. 98.
  9. ^ Walker 1990, p. 129.
  10. ^ Williams 1991, p. 87.

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