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Workers on Arrival
Joe William Trotter
其他書名
Black Labor in the Making of America
出版Univ of California Press, 2021-01-19
主題History / United States / GeneralHistory / African American & BlackSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black StudiesPolitical Science / Labor & Industrial Relations
ISBN05203775169780520377516
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=IjgHEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋"An eloquent and essential correction to contemporary discussions of the American working class."—The Nation

From the ongoing issues of poverty, health, housing, and employment to the recent upsurge of lethal police-community relations, the black working class stands at the center of perceptions of social and racial conflict today. Journalists and public policy analysts often discuss the black poor as “consumers” rather than “producers,” as “takers” rather than “givers,” and as “liabilities” instead of “assets.”
 
In his engrossing history, Workers on Arrival, Joe William Trotter, Jr., refutes these perceptions by charting the black working class’s vast contributions to the making of America. Covering the last four hundred years since Africans were first brought to Virginia in 1619, Trotter traces the complicated journey of black workers from the transatlantic slave trade to the demise of the industrial order in the twenty-first century. At the center of this compelling, fast-paced narrative are the actual experiences of these African American men and women. A dynamic and vital history of remarkable contributions despite repeated setbacks, Workers on Arrival expands our understanding of America’s economic and industrial growth, its cities, ideas, and institutions, and the real challenges confronting black urban communities today.