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The great migration: why African-Americans moved out of the South

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The reasons for substantial migrations of the African Americans from the South to the North are presented. The industrialization in the South made African Americans dominated occupations obsolete and the export of cheap goods from the North eliminated local firms leaving them unemployed.

Author: Doyle, Rodger
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
Evaluation, African Americans, Industrial development, Industrialization, African American culture

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U.S. immigration

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The US Census Bureau predicts that the US will have a population of 350 million people by 2050. Eighty million of them will be immigrants from other countries. The agency also predicts that by 2050, whites will constitute only 53% of the entire US population.

Author: Doyle, Rodger
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
Reports, Forecasts and trends, United States. Bureau of the Census, Population forecasting

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The geography of death

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Research concerning the mapping of 9.3 million deaths of white Americans between 1988 and 1992 is presented. Although 2,000 causes of death were recorded, 35% of all deaths were caused by lung cancer, stroke and heart disease.

Author: Doyle, Rodger
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
Mortality, Patient outcomes, Statistics, Americans

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Subjects list: Emigration and immigration
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