''The Uprooted: The Epic Story of the Great Migrations That Made the American People'' is book about European migrations into the

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. It won the

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in 1952.

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1952 non-fiction books American history books American political books Pulitzer Prize for History-winning works University of Pennsylvania Press books {{US-hist-book-stub