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From white-collar executives to mail carriers, public workers meet
the needs of the entire nation. Frederick W. Gooding Jr. and Eric
S. Yellin edit a collection of new research on this understudied
workforce. Part One begins in the late nineteenth- and early
twentieth century to explore how questions of race, class, and
gender shaped public workers, their workplaces, and their place in
American democracy. In Part Two, essayists examine race and gender
discrimination while revealing the subtle contemporary forms of
marginalization that keep Black men and Black and white women
underpaid and overlooked for promotion. The historic labor actions
detailed in Part Three illuminate how city employees organized not
only for better pay and working conditions but to seek recognition
from city officials, the public, and the national labor movement.
Part Four focuses on nurses and teachers to address the thorny
question of whether certain groups deserve premium pay for their
irreplaceable work and sacrifices or if serving the greater good is
a reward unto itself. Contributors: Eileen Boris, Cathleen D.
Cahill, Frederick W. Gooding Jr., William P. Jones, Francis Ryan,
Jon Shelton, Joseph E. Slater, Katherine Turk, Eric S. Yellin, and
Amy Zanoni
As the largest employer of one of the world's leading economic and
geo-political superpowers, the history of the federal government's
workforce is a rich and essential tool for understanding how the
"Great Experiment" truly works. The literal face of federal policy,
federal employees enjoy a history as rich as the country itself,
while reflecting the country's evolution towards true democracy
within a public space. Nowhere is this progression towards
democracy more apparent than with its internal race relations.
While World War II was a boon to black workers, little is known
about the nuanced, ongoing struggles for dignity and respect that
black workers endured while working these "good, government jobs."
American Dream Deferred challenges postwar narratives of government
largess for African Americans by illuminating the neglected stories
of these unknown black workers.
From white-collar executives to mail carriers, public workers meet
the needs of the entire nation. Frederick W. Gooding Jr. and Eric
S. Yellin edit a collection of new research on this understudied
workforce. Part One begins in the late nineteenth- and early
twentieth century to explore how questions of race, class, and
gender shaped public workers, their workplaces, and their place in
American democracy. In Part Two, essayists examine race and gender
discrimination while revealing the subtle contemporary forms of
marginalization that keep Black men and Black and white women
underpaid and overlooked for promotion. The historic labor actions
detailed in Part Three illuminate how city employees organized not
only for better pay and working conditions but to seek recognition
from city officials, the public, and the national labor movement.
Part Four focuses on nurses and teachers to address the thorny
question of whether certain groups deserve premium pay for their
irreplaceable work and sacrifices or if serving the greater good is
a reward unto itself. Contributors: Eileen Boris, Cathleen D.
Cahill, Frederick W. Gooding Jr., William P. Jones, Francis Ryan,
Jon Shelton, Joseph E. Slater, Katherine Turk, Eric S. Yellin, and
Amy Zanoni
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