Leah Platt Boustan: 1 book
Competition in the Promised Land
Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
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...
