Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Figures xi
5. Tables xiii
6. Preface xv
7. Acknowledgments xix
8. Introduction 1
9. Chapter One. “Mecca of the Migrant Mob” 13
10. Chapter Two. The South in the City 35
11. Chapter Three. Southern Migrants and the New Sacred Order 71
12. Chapter Four. The Frenzy, the Preacher, and the Music 94
13. Chapter Five. The Chicago African Methodist Episcopal Church in Crisis 118
14. Chapter Six. A Woman’s Work, or Urban World 147
15. Epilogue 191
16. Notes 195
17. Index 239