Race and the Invisible Hand
Subtitle: How White Networks Exclude Black Men from Blue-Collar Jobs (George Gund Foundation Book in African American Studies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 2, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780520229990
Subjects: Black studies; Equal opportunities; Racism & racial discrimination; Work & labour; Social Science; Employment; United States; Business / Economics / Finance; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Sociology; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Labor; Social Science / Sociology / General; Blue collar workers; Anthropology - General; Discrimination & Racism; General; African Americans; Discrimination in employment
First sentence: Black researchers rarely, if ever, get to study white working-class people up close and personal, revealing their economic hopes, racial fears, and politically incorrect observations about the world.