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Race and the invisible hand : how white networks exclude black men from blue-collar jobs /

From the time of Booker T. Washington to today, and William Julius Wilson, the advice dispensed to young black men has invariably been, "Get a trade." Deirdre Royster has put this folk wisdom to an empirical test--and, in Race and the Invisible Hand, exposes the subtleties and discrepancie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Royster, Deirdre A. (Deirdre Alexia), 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003.
Colección:George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:From the time of Booker T. Washington to today, and William Julius Wilson, the advice dispensed to young black men has invariably been, "Get a trade." Deirdre Royster has put this folk wisdom to an empirical test--and, in Race and the Invisible Hand, exposes the subtleties and discrepancies of a workplace that favors the white job-seeker over the black
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.
ISBN:9780520937376
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