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Race and schooling in the South, 1880-1950 : an economic history /
The interrelation among race, schooling, and labor market opportunities of American blacks can help us make sense of the relatively poor economic status of blacks in contemporary society. The role of these factors in slavery and the economic consequences for blacks has received much attention, but t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1990.
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| Colección: | NBER series on long-term factors in economic development.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The interrelation among race, schooling, and labor market opportunities of American blacks can help us make sense of the relatively poor economic status of blacks in contemporary society. The role of these factors in slavery and the economic consequences for blacks has received much attention, but the post-slave experience of blacks in the American economy has been less studied. To deepen our understanding of that experience, Robert A. Margo mines a wealth of newly available census data and school district records. By analyzing evidence concerning occupational discrimination, educational expen. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 164 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-159) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226505014 9780226505015 1281223832 9781281223838 9786611223830 6611223835 |