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The Ghetto in Global History explores the stubborn tenacity of 'the
ghetto' over time. As a concept, policy, and experience, the ghetto
has served to maintain social, religious, and racial hierarchies
over the past five centuries. Transnational in scope, this book
allows readers to draw thought-provoking comparisons across time
and space among ghettos that are not usually studied alongside one
another. The volume is structured around four main case studies,
covering the first ghettos created for Jews in early modern Europe,
the Nazis' use of ghettos, the enclosure of African Americans in
segregated areas in the United States, and the extreme segregation
of blacks in South Africa. The contributors explore issues of
discourse, power, and control; examine the internal structures of
authority that prevailed; and document the lived experiences of
ghetto inhabitants. By discussing ghettos as both tools of control
and as sites of resistance, this book offers an unprecedented and
fascinating range of interpretations of the meanings of the
"ghetto" throughout history. It allows us to trace the circulation
of the idea and practice over time and across continents, revealing
new linkages between widely disparate settings. Geographically and
chronologically wide-ranging, The Ghetto in Global History will
prove indispensable reading for all those interested in the history
of spatial segregation, power dynamics, and racial and religious
relations across the globe.
During the Great Migration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became a
mecca for African Americans seeking better job opportunities,
wages, and living conditions. The city's thriving economy and
vibrant social and cultural scenes inspired dreams of prosperity
and a new start, but this urban haven was not free of
discrimination and despair. In the face of injustice, activists
formed the Urban League of Pittsburgh (ULP) in 1918 to combat
prejudice and support the city's growing African American
population. In this broad-ranging history, Joe William Trotter Jr.
uses this noteworthy branch of the National Urban League to provide
new insights into an organization that has often faced criticism
for its social programs' deep class and gender limitations.
Surveying issues including housing, healthcare, and occupational
mobility, Trotter underscores how the ULP - often in concert with
the Urban League's national headquarters - bridged social divisions
to improve the lives of black citizens of every class. He also
sheds new light on the branch's nonviolent direct-action campaigns
and places these powerful grassroots operations within the context
of the modern Black Freedom Movement. The impact of the National
Urban League is a hotly debated topic in African American social
and political history. Trotter's study provides valuable new
insights that demonstrate how the organization has relieved massive
suffering and racial inequality in US cities for more than a
century.
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The Ghetto in Global History explores the stubborn tenacity of 'the
ghetto' over time. As a concept, policy, and experience, the ghetto
has served to maintain social, religious, and racial hierarchies
over the past five centuries. Transnational in scope, this book
allows readers to draw thought-provoking comparisons across time
and space among ghettos that are not usually studied alongside one
another. The volume is structured around four main case studies,
covering the first ghettos created for Jews in early modern Europe,
the Nazis' use of ghettos, the enclosure of African Americans in
segregated areas in the United States, and the extreme segregation
of blacks in South Africa. The contributors explore issues of
discourse, power, and control; examine the internal structures of
authority that prevailed; and document the lived experiences of
ghetto inhabitants. By discussing ghettos as both tools of control
and as sites of resistance, this book offers an unprecedented and
fascinating range of interpretations of the meanings of the
"ghetto" throughout history. It allows us to trace the circulation
of the idea and practice over time and across continents, revealing
new linkages between widely disparate settings. Geographically and
chronologically wide-ranging, The Ghetto in Global History will
prove indispensable reading for all those interested in the history
of spatial segregation, power dynamics, and racial and religious
relations across the globe.
"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.
During the Great Migration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became a
mecca for African Americans seeking better job opportunities,
wages, and living conditions. The city's thriving economy and
vibrant social and cultural scenes inspired dreams of prosperity
and a new start, but this urban haven was not free of
discrimination and despair. In the face of injustice, activists
formed the Urban League of Pittsburgh (ULP) in 1918 to combat
prejudice and support the city's growing African American
population. In this broad-ranging history, Joe William Trotter Jr.
uses this noteworthy branch of the National Urban League to provide
new insights into an organization that has often faced criticism
for its social programs' deep class and gender limitations.
Surveying issues including housing, healthcare, and occupational
mobility, Trotter underscores how the ULP -- often in concert with
the Urban League's national headquarters -- bridged social
divisions to improve the lives of black citizens of every class. He
also sheds new light on the branch's nonviolent direct-action
campaigns and places these powerful grassroots operations within
the context of the modern Black Freedom Movement. The impact of the
National Urban League is a hotly debated topic in African American
social and political history. Trotter's study provides valuable new
insights that demonstrate how the organization has relieved massive
suffering and racial inequality in US cities for more than a
century.
Essays by the foremost labor historian of the Black experience in
the Appalachian coalfields.This collection brings together nearly
three decades of research on the African American experience,
class, and race relations in the Appalachian coal industry. It
shows how, with deep roots in the antebellum era of chattel
slavery, West Virginia's Black working class gradually picked up
steam during the emancipation years following the Civil War and
dramatically expanded during the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries. From there, African American Workers and the
Appalachian Coal Industry highlights the decline of the region's
Black industrial proletariat under the impact of rapid
technological, social, and political changes following World War
II. It underscores how all miners suffered unemployment and
outmigration from the region as global transformations took their
toll on the coal industry, but emphasizes the disproportionately
painful impact of declining bituminous coal production on African
American workers, their families, and their communities. Joe
Trotter not only reiterates the contributions of proletarianization
to our knowledge of US labor and working-class history but also
draws attention to the gender limits of studies of Black life that
focus on class formation, while calling for new transnational
perspectives on the subject. Equally important, this volume
illuminates the intellectual journey of a noted labor historian
with deep family roots in the southern Appalachian coalfields.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1919 Edition.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Other Sketches Illustrative Of Scenes, Incidents, And Characters,
Throughout The Universal Yankee Nation. To Which Is Added, The
Drama In Pokerville; A Night In A Swamp; And Other Stories.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
Other Sketches Illustrative Of Scenes, Incidents, And Characters,
Throughout The Universal Yankee Nation. To Which Is Added, The
Drama In Pokerville; A Night In A Swamp; And Other Stories.
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