
Lessons from the Black Working Class
Foreshadowing America's Economic Health
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 21. October 2015
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-4408-4143-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book enables readers to better understand, explain, and predict the future of the nation's overall economic health through its examination of the black working class-especially the experiences of black women and black working-class residents outside of urban areas.
How have the experiences of black working-class women and men residing in urban, suburban, and rural settings impacted U.S. labor relations and the broader American society? This book asserts that a comprehensive and critical examination of the black working class can be used to forecast whether economic troubles are on the horizon. It documents how the increasing incidence of attacks on unions, the dwindling availability of working-class jobs, and the clamoring by the working class for a minimum wage hike is proof that the atmospheric pressure in America is rising, and that efforts to prepare for the approaching financial storm require attention to the individuals and households who are often overlooked: the black working class.
Presenting information of great importance to sociologists, political scientists, and economists, the authors of this work explore the impact of the recent Great Recession on working-class African Americans and argue that the intersections of race and class for this particular group uncover the state of equity and justice in America. This book will also be of interest to public policymakers as well as students in graduate-level courses in the areas of African American studies, American society and labor, labor relations, labor and the Civil Rights Movement, and studies on race, class, and gender.
How have the experiences of black working-class women and men residing in urban, suburban, and rural settings impacted U.S. labor relations and the broader American society? This book asserts that a comprehensive and critical examination of the black working class can be used to forecast whether economic troubles are on the horizon. It documents how the increasing incidence of attacks on unions, the dwindling availability of working-class jobs, and the clamoring by the working class for a minimum wage hike is proof that the atmospheric pressure in America is rising, and that efforts to prepare for the approaching financial storm require attention to the individuals and households who are often overlooked: the black working class.
Presenting information of great importance to sociologists, political scientists, and economists, the authors of this work explore the impact of the recent Great Recession on working-class African Americans and argue that the intersections of race and class for this particular group uncover the state of equity and justice in America. This book will also be of interest to public policymakers as well as students in graduate-level courses in the areas of African American studies, American society and labor, labor relations, labor and the Civil Rights Movement, and studies on race, class, and gender.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
599 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4408-4143-9 (9781440841439)
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Lori Latrice Martin | Hayward Derrick Horton | Teresa A. Booker
Lessons from the Black Working Class
Foreshadowing America's Economic Health
E-Book
10/2015
1st Edition
Praeger Publishers Inc
€65.99
Available for download

Lori Latrice Martin | Hayward Derrick Horton | Teresa A. Booker
Lessons from the Black Working Class
Foreshadowing America's Economic Health
E-Book
10/2015
1st Edition
Praeger Publishers Inc
€65.99
Available for download
Persons
Lori Latrice Martin, PhD, is associate professor of sociology and African and African American studies at Louisiana State University.
Hayward Derrick Horton, PhD, is professor of sociology at University at Albany, State University of New York.
Teresa A. Booker, PhD, is assistant professor of Africana studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Hayward Derrick Horton, PhD, is professor of sociology at University at Albany, State University of New York.
Teresa A. Booker, PhD, is assistant professor of Africana studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.