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Southern Migration

Southern Migration is a historical demographic phenomenon denoting the large-scale movement of African Americans from the rural South to urban centers within the Southern United States during the early to mid-20th century, distinguished from the more widely recognized Great Migration by its intraregional rather than interregional trajectory.

388

Publications

18.2K

Citations

671

Authors

305

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

54

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Publications

388

Influenza A Viruses of Migrating Wild Aquatic Birds in North America

Scott Krauss, David Walker, Sydney Pryor et al. · Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases · 2004 · 403 citations

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Was Postwar Suburbanization “White Flight”? Evidence from the Black Migration<sup>*</sup>

Leah Platt Boustan · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2010 · 398 citations

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When the Levee Breaks: Black Migration and Economic Development in the American South

Richard Hornbeck, Suresh Naidu · American Economic Review · 2014 · 344 citations

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The African American “Great Migration” and Beyond

Stewart E. Tolnay · Annual Review of Sociology · 2003 · 317 citations

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Can You Move to Opportunity? Evidence from the Great Migration

Ellora Derenoncourt · American Economic Review · 2022 · 309 citations · Full text

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Authors

671

  1. SE
    Stewart E. Tolnay

    University of Washington, United States

    16 publications · 895 citations

    13

    h-index

  2. MO
    Matthew O. Hunt

    Northeastern University, United States

    5 publications · 200 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. WW
    William W. Falk

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    5 publications · 200 citations

    5

    h-index

  4. LL
    Larry L. Hunt

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    5 publications · 200 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. RM
    Robert M. Adelman

    Georgia State University, United States

    4 publications · 75 citations

    4

    h-index

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Institutions

305

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    790 citations

  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    549 citations

  3. University at Albany, State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    172 citations

  4. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    400 citations

  5. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    197 citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    407 citations

  7. Albany State University

    Albany, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    159 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    236 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Southern History

    19 publications · 1.4K citations

    16

    h-index

  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 19 publications · 1.4K citations

    16

    h-index

  3. Journal of American History

    15 publications · 701 citations

    13

    h-index

  4. Social Forces

    SF · 16 publications · 405 citations

    12

    h-index

  5. International Migration Review

    IMR · 12 publications · 283 citations

    11

    h-index

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