Forging a laboring race : the African American worker in the progressive imagination /

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Author / Creator:	Lawrie, Paul R. D., author.
Imprint:	New York : New York University Press, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Culture, labor, history series Culture, labor, history.
Subject:	African Americans -- Employment -- History -- 20th century. Working class African Americans -- History -- 20th century. Labor -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Industrialization -- United States -- History -- 20th century. African Americans -- Employment. Industrialization. Labor. Race relations. Working class African Americans. United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. United States. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12017818

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ISBN:	1479864951 9781479864959
Notes:	Previously issued in print: 2016. Includes bibliographical references and index. Weeded to report to OCLC. Online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 5, 2016).
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.
Target Audience:	Specialized.
Other form:	Print version: 9781479857326

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