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Westward Migration

Westward Migration is a historical demographic phenomenon within the broader study of Black Migration, denoting the large-scale movement of African Americans from the southern and central United States toward the western regions of the country during the late 19th and 20th centuries, distinguished by its pursuit of economic opportunity and escape from racial segregation under Jim Crow.

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2017–2026

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Publications

225

Revised World maps and introduction

Christopher R. Scotese, W. S. McKerrow · Geological Society London Memoirs · 1990 · 1.1K citations

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Racial fault lines: the historical origins of white supremacy in California

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 622 citations

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Ancient DNA, pig domestication, and the spread of the Neolithic into Europe

Greger Larson, Umberto Albarella, Keith Dobney et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 523 citations · Full text

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Frontier Culture: The Roots and Persistence of “Rugged Individualism” in the United States

Samuel Bazzi, Martín Fiszbein, Mesay Gebresilasse · Econometrica · 2020 · 295 citations · Full text

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Demographic History of European Populations of Arabidopsis thaliana

Olivier François, Michaël G. B. Blum, Mattias Jakobsson et al. · PLoS Genetics · 2008 · 229 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. NF
    Nancy Foner

    Hunter College, United States

    5 publications · 273 citations

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  2. RA
    Ray Allen Billington

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    3 publications · 106 citations

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  3. AM
    Arthur M. Schlesinger

    City University of New York, United States

    4 publications · 87 citations

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  4. JC
    John C. Hudson

    Northwestern University, United States

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  5. CP
    Ceri Peach

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 50 citations

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Institutions

365

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    30 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    177 citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    284 citations

  5. University of Florence

    Florence, Italy

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    580 citations

  6. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    930 citations

  7. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    307 citations

  8. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    264 citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 10 publications · 890 citations

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  2. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 8 publications · 365 citations

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  3. International Migration Review

    IMR · 6 publications · 213 citations

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  4. The Journal of Economic History

    5 publications · 197 citations

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  5. Western Historical Quarterly

    4 publications · 151 citations

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