American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor

By Jacqueline A. Jones

Book Overview

A sweeping account of almost 400 years of competition, cooperation, and exclusion, "American Work" tells the epic, tragic story of how blacks were boycotted from significant social transformations in American history--from bound to free labor, from farm work to factory work, from a blue-collar to a white-collar economy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393045617
• ISBN13: 9780393045611
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Length: 543 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.8" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

A brilliant look at racial division of labor in America

BEST BOOK ever written, in my experienced opinion. All people craving info. on racial divisions(and aren't we all?) should pick up this classic text. It ingeniously describes the evolution of the working classes in America. And who said work was BORING? Not this kind. This would make the perfect gift for your grandmother, but more importantly, for yourself. A riveting journey into the soul, not to be missed by any history buff. American Work is true to its name, it was written by an American, cause shes gotta work.