The Social Origins of the Urban South Race, Gender, and Migration in Nashville and Middle Tennessee, 1890-1930 |
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| Author:
| Kyriakoudes, Louis M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-5484-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $79.00AUD $57.00 |
Book Description:
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In the late-19th and early-20th centuries, thousands of black and white southerners left farms and rural towns to try their fate in the region's cities. Focusing on Nashville and its Middle Tennessee hinterland, this work explores the impetus for this migration and illuminates its effects.
In the late-19th and early-20th centuries, thousands of black and white southerners left farms and rural towns to try their fate in the region's cities. Focusing on Nashville and its Middle Tennessee hinterland, this work explores the impetus for this migration and illuminates its effects.