{"product_id":"fly-away-peter-m-rutkoff-9780801894770","title":"Fly Away: The Great African American Cultural Migration","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Great Migration--the mass exodus of blacks from the rural South to the urban North and West in the twentieth century--shaped American culture and life in ways still evident today. In \u003ci\u003eFly Away\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter M. Rutkoff and William B. Scott trace the ideas that inspired African Americans to abandon the South for freedom and opportunity elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlack southerners fled the Low Country of South Carolina, the mines and mills of Birmingham, Alabama, the farms of the Mississippi Delta, and the urban wards of Houston, Texas, for new opportunities in New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Los Angeles. They took with them the South's rich traditions of religion, language, music, and art, recreating and preserving their southern identity in the churches, newspapers, jazz clubs, and neighborhoods of America's largest cities. Rutkoff and Scott's sweeping study explores the development and adaptation of African American culture, from its West African roots to its profound and lasting impact on mainstream America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBroad in scope and original in its interpretation, \u003ci\u003eFly Away\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the origins, development, and transformation of national culture during an important chapter in twentieth-century American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter M. Rutkoff, William B. Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801894778\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801894770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.38w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/17\/2010 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 66","brand":"Peter M. Rutkoff","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44717923565823,"sku":"9780801894770","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee068814-6907-43eb-a8d9-3ef48c97afb6.jpg?v=1705689902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fly-away-peter-m-rutkoff-9780801894770","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}