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1 online resource. |
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National Bureau of Economic Research Publications
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Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
" From 1940 to 1970, nearly four million black migrants left the American rural South to settle in the industrial cities of the North and West. Competition in the Promised Land provides a comprehensive account of the long-lasting effects of the influx of black workers on labor markets and urban space in receiving areas. Traditionally, the Great Black Migration has been lauded as a path to general black economic progress. Leah Boustan challenges this view, arguing instead that the migration produced winners and losers within the black community. Boustan shows that migrants themselves gained tremendously, more than doubling their earnings by moving North. But these new arrivals competed with existing black workers, limiting black-white wage convergence in Northern labor markets and slowing black economic growth. Furthermore, many white households responded to the black migration by relocating to the suburbs. White flight was motivated not only by neighborhood racial change but also by the desire on the part of white residents to avoid local public services and fiscal obligations in increasingly diverse cities. Employing historical census data and state-of-the-art econometric methods, Competition in the Promised Land revises our understanding of the Great Black Migration and its role in the transformation of American society. "-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Migrations -- History -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Migrations. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Migration, Internal. |
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United States. |
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Rural-urban migration -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Rural-urban migration. |
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African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions. |
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780691150871 0691150877 (DLC) 2016013428 (OCoLC)956583453 |
| ISBN |
1400882974 (e-book) |
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9781400882977 |
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0691150877 |
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9780691150871 hardback |
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