| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 269 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in Global Slavery ; Volume 3
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Studies in global slavery ; v. 3.
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| 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. |
| Summary |
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 viewed as a 'second slavery' and is strongly associated with racism. In the Netherlands, however, not racism but poverty was seen as the main reason for its continued existence.0By using a variety of historical sources and by analyzing the perspectives of both employers and workers, Lurvink provides new insights into how the truck system worked and can be explained. She reveals how the system was not only coercive but had some advantages for the workers as well, which should not be overlooked. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Truck system -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
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Truck system. |
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Louisiana. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Truck system -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Plantations -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.
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Plantations. |
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Plantations -- Louisiana -- History -- 20th century.
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Truck system -- Netherlands -- History -- 19th century.
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Netherlands. |
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Truck system -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century.
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Peat industry -- Netherlands -- History -- 19th century.
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Peat industry. |
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Peat industry -- Netherlands -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lurvink, Karin. Beyond racism and poverty. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018] 9789004351806 (DLC) 2017041676 (OCoLC)1001860791 |
| ISBN |
9789004351813 (electronic book) |
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9004351817 (electronic book) |
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9789004351806 |
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9004351809 |
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