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1 online resource (xiv, 401 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Preface; Black Political Economy: An Introduction; PART I Slavery and the Early Formation of Black Labor; PART II Organized Labor and African Americans; PART III Theories of Racial Discrimination, Inequality, and Economic Progress; PART IV Current Economic Status of African Americans: Hard Evidence of Economic Discrimination and Inequality; PART V Globalization and Its Impact on the Economic Well-Being of African Americans and Latinos; PART VI Black Capitalism: Entrepreneurs and Consumers. |
Summary |
Over the last several decades, academic discourse on racial inequality has focused primarily on political and social issues with significantly less attention on the complex interplay between race and economics. African Americans in the U.S. Economyrepresents a contribution to recent scholarship that seeks to lessen this imbalance. This book builds upon, and significantly extends, the principles, terminology, and methods of standard economics and black political economy. Influenced by path-breaking studies presented in several scholarly economic journals, this volume is designed to provide a. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
African Americans -- Economic conditions.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Conrad, Cecilia, 1955-
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Added Title |
African Americans in the US economy |
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African Americans in the United States economy |
Other Form: |
Print version: African Americans in the U.S. economy. Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2005 0742543773 9780742543775 (DLC) 2004018357 (OCoLC)56128503 |
ISBN |
9780742568594 (electronic book) |
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0742568598 (electronic book) |
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1282479547 |
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9781282479548 |
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0742543773 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0742543781 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780742543775 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780742543782 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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