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Industrial Labor Migration

Industrial Labor Migration is a singular historical phenomenon denoting the large-scale movement of African Americans from the rural South to urban centers in the North and West of the United States during the early to mid-20th century, distinguished by its primary impetus in the demand for industrial labor and its transformative impact on demographic, economic, and social structures within the context of the Great Migration.

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14.7K

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384

Authors

175

Institutions

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2017–2026

31

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Publications

308

Birds of Passage: Migrant Labor and Industrial Societies.

William Alonso, Michael J. Piore · Population and Development Review · 1981 · 1.3K citations

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Still the Promised City? African-Americans and New Immigrants in Postindustrial New York.

Bruce Nelson, Roger Waldinger · Industrial and Labor Relations Review · 1997 · 544 citations

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Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939

John Bodnar, Lizabeth Cohen · The Journal of Interdisciplinary History · 1991 · 447 citations

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Birds of Passage: Migrant Labor and Industrial Societies

Daniel R. Fusfeld · Journal of Economic Issues · 1980 · 416 citations

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Moving Europeans: migration in Western Europe since 1650

Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 358 citations

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Authors

384

  1. MJ
    Michael J. Piore

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    6 publications · 1.9K citations

    6

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  2. ME
    Mark Ellis

    Dartmouth College, United States

    5 publications · 136 citations

    5

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  3. JC
    Jonathan Crush

    Balsillie School of International Affairs, Canada

    4 publications · 97 citations

    4

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  4. CE
    Charlotte Erickson

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 269 citations

    4

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  5. JB
    John Bodnar

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    4 publications · 108 citations

    4

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Institutions

175

  1. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    311 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    164 citations

  3. Dartmouth College

    Hanover, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    220 citations

  4. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    134 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    505 citations

  6. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    535 citations

  7. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    134 citations

  8. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    80 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 15 publications · 1.2K citations

    14

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 11 publications · 509 citations

    11

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  3. International Migration Review

    IMR · 11 publications · 250 citations

    10

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  4. The Journal of Economic History

    9 publications · 736 citations

    9

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  5. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 7 publications · 306 citations

    7

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