An Archaeology of Unchecked Capitalism: From the American Rust Belt to the Developing World

by Paul A. Shackel

The racialization of immigrant labor and the labor strife in the coal and textile communities in northeastern Pennsylvania appears to be an isolated incident in history. Rather this history can serve as a touchstone, connecting the history of the exploited laborers to today's labor in the global economy. By drawing parallels between the past and present - for example, the coal mines of the nineteenth-century northeastern Pennsylvania and the sweatshops...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789205476
• ISBN13: 9781789205473
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"