African American labor history : a survey of the scholarship from Jim Crow to the new millennium.

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The author surveys perspectives on African American and women laborers within the field of labor history, noting that black scholars initiated the field of African-American labor history at the turn of the twentieth century. The scholarship of W. E. B. DuBois is highlighted, which, focused on worker...

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Main Author: Hunter, Tera W.
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning, 2006.
Subjects:
African Americans > Employment > History.
African Americans > Migrations > History.
Slavery > United States > History.
African American women > Employment > History.
Labor > United States > History.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
Online Access:
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Format: Electronic Book
Contents:
  • The pioneers
  • Social history of the black labor movement
  • Race, class, and community
  • Race and gender in labor history
  • African American women's work
  • Guide to the key resources
  • Endnotes.