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Workers on Arrival - Black Labor in the Making of America (Paperback)
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Workers on Arrival - Black Labor in the Making of America (Paperback)
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"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.
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