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BL
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962981
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b717351
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African Americans in the U.S. economy /\ edited by Cecilia Conrad [and others].
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Lanham, MD :: Rowman & Littlefield,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (xiv, 401 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0742543773
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: 0742568598
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: 1282479547
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: 9780742543775
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: 9780742568594
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: 9781282479548
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0742543773
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0742543781
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9780742543775
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9780742543782
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Preface; Black Political Economy: An Introduction; PART I Slavery and the Early Formation of Black Labor; PART II Organized Labor and African Americans; PART III Theories of Racial Discrimination, Inequality, and Economic Progress; PART IV Current Economic Status of African Americans: Hard Evidence of Economic Discrimination and Inequality; PART V Globalization and Its Impact on the Economic Well-Being of African Americans and Latinos; PART VI Black Capitalism: Entrepreneurs and Consumers.
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| Abstract
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Over the last several decades, academic discourse on racial inequality has focused primarily on political and social issues with significantly less attention on the complex interplay between race and economics. African Americans in the U.S. Economyrepresents a contribution to recent scholarship that seeks to lessen this imbalance. This book builds upon, and significantly extends, the principles, terminology, and methods of standard economics and black political economy. Influenced by path-breaking studies presented in several scholarly economic journals, this volume is designed to provide a.
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African Americans-- Economic conditions.
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Noirs américains-- Conditions économiques.
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African Americans-- Economic conditions.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economic History.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Comparative.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Economic Conditions.
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| Dewey Classification
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330.9/0089/96073
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E185.8.A34 2005eb
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| Added Entry
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Conrad, Cecilia,1955-
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African Americans in the United States economy
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: African Americans in the US economy
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