Southern Migrants, Northern Exiles

by Chad Berry

Book Overview

One of the largest internal migrations in U.S. history, the great white migration left its mark on virtually every family in every southern upland and flatland town. In this extraordinary record of ordinary lives, dozens of white southern migrants describe their experiences in the northern "wilderness" and their irradicable attachments to family and community in the South.

Southern out-migration drew millions of southern workers to the steel mills,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252068416
• ISBN13: 9780252068416
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"