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Nicholas lemann books list of books by author nicholas lemann. The great black migration and how it changed america, and redemption. Nicholas lemanns history of 20th century corporations, transaction man, shows how an unrelenting faith in the market and profit doomed the american economy. Feb 24, 1991 the promised land the great black migration and how it changed america. The great black migration and how it changed america lemann, nicholas on. Nicholas lemann joined the new yorker as a staff writer in 1999 and has written the letter from washington and the wayward press columns for the magazine. The promised land ii, by nicholas lemann vintage press, 1992. A new york times bestseller, the groundbreaking authoritative history of the migration of africanamericans from the rural south to the urban north. Nicholas lemann was born and raised in new orleans and has been a magazine writer since he was a teenager. Nicholas lemann books list of books by author nicholas. Nicholas lemann at the 2006 texas book festival, austin, texas, united states. The promised land captures an episode in american history not likely to be repeated, and does so in a manner which combines the best of both analytic and anecdotal writing styles, driven by the heartfelt and exciting rembrances of the particpants themselves, those who comprised the great migration to the promised land. It is a story about a battle of ideas between the people who built postwar american culture and their critics.