Forging a Laboring Race : The African American Worker in the Progressive Imagination /

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For many thinkers across the colour line, the 'negro problem' was inextricably linked to the concurrent 'labour problem, ' occasioning debates regarding blacks' role in the nation's industrial past, present and future. This volume charts the history of an idea-race mana...

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Main Author: Lawrie, Paul R. D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Working class African Americans.
Race relations.
Labor.
Industrialization.
African Americans > Employment.
Industrialisation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travail > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Travailleurs noirs americains > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Travail > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Industrialization > United States > History > 20th century.
Labor > United States > History > 20th century.
Working class African Americans > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Employment > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:For many thinkers across the colour line, the 'negro problem' was inextricably linked to the concurrent 'labour problem, ' occasioning debates regarding blacks' role in the nation's industrial past, present and future. This volume charts the history of an idea-race management-building on recent work in African American, labour and disability history to analyse how ideas of race, work, and the 'fit' or 'unfit' body informed the political economy of early 20th century industrial America.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2016.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
Audience:Specialized.
ISBN:9781479864959

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