Description
A New York Times bestseller, the groundbreaking authoritative history of the migration of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North. A definitive book on American history, The Promised Land is also essential reading for educators and policymakers at both national and local levels.
Author: Nicholas Lemann
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/31/1992
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.24w x 0.95d
ISBN13: 9780679733478
ISBN10: 0679733477
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- History | African American & Black
Author: Nicholas Lemann
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/31/1992
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.24w x 0.95d
ISBN13: 9780679733478
ISBN10: 0679733477
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- History | African American & Black
About the Author
Nicholas Lemann was born and raised in New Orleans and has been a magazine writer since he was a teenager. He has worked at the Washington Monthly, Texas Monthly, and the Washington Post, and has been a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. He was the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University until 2013.