The Harder We Run: Black Workers since the Civil War / Edition 1

by William H. Harris

Overview

Traces the history of the Black working class in America and argues that racism and federal indifference are largely responsible for Black unemployment and poverty.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195029413
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/21/1982
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 7.94(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1510L (what's this?)

Editorial Reviews

"An absolute must for students....Best addresses black worker's economic plight and places the quest for equal justice in a broader context."—Linda Reed, University of Houston-University Park

"Fine book! Complete and well written."—Michael Kazin, Stanford University

"An excellent text. I have nothing but superlatives."—Alonzo Smith, University of Nebraska

"Bound to achieve first rank in soberly demonstrating the primacy of race in the impoverishment of black Americans....penetrating, sound, and absorbing."—Robert L. Harris, Jr.,Cornell University

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