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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2003.
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| Series: | George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520937376 0520937376 1417525428 9781417525423 1597348457 9781597348454 9780520229990 0520229991 9780520239517 0520239512 |