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Beyond racism and poverty : the truck system on Louisiana plantations and Dutch peateries, 1865-1920 /
The truck system was a global phenomenon in the period 1865-1920, where workers were paid through the company store. In 'Beyond Racism and Poverty' Karin Lurvink compares how this system functioned on plantations in Louisiana and peateries in the Netherlands. In the US, the system is viewe...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2018]
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| Series: | Studies in global slavery ;
v. 3. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Conclusion, Bayous and bogs: the geography of isolation
- Truck payments
- Abuse? The effects of the truck system
- Costs and benefits: the employer's perspective
- Carrots, cake, and candy: the store as a positive incentive
- Sticks and strikes: the store as a negative incentive
- The power of racism and class.