Böcker av Blake Gumprecht

North to Boston tells the life histories of ten Black individuals who moved from the southern United States to Boston, Massachusetts, during the Great Migration. Based on extensive oral history interviews and a creative narrative structure, Gumprecht illuminates this singularly important event in the making of Boston as it exists today.

Identifies the features of college towns, explains why they have developed as they have in the United States, and examines the various characteristics that make them unusual. This title explores the aspects of college towns - their distinctive residential and commercial districts, and their unconventional political cultures.