The production of difference : race and the management of labor in U.S. history /
Roediger, David R.
The production of difference : race and the management of labor in U.S. history / David R. Roediger, Elizabeth D. Esch. - New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: race in the history of U.S. management -- Facing South -- The Antebellum South and the origins of race management : African slavery, Indian removal, and Irish labor -- Managing the Negro : the African slave as asset and animal -- Facing West -- Frontiers of control : infrastructure, western expansion, and race management -- Crossing borders: racial knowledge and the transnational triumphs of U.S. management -- Changing the whole story -- Continuity and change: scientific management, race management, and the persistence of the "foremen's empire" -- The crisis of race management: immigrant rebellions, immigration restrictions, and a new focus on Black and Mexican labor -- Afterword: then and now -- Notes -- Index.
9780199930807 (electronic bk.) 0199930805 (electronic bk.) (hbk.) (hbk.)
2011038641
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Discrimination in employment--History.--United States
Labor--History.--United States
Race discrimination--History.--United States
Travail--Histoire.--États-Unis
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Human Resources & Personnel Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Workplace Culture.
Discrimination in employment.
Labor.
Race discrimination.
Race relations.
United States--Race relations.
États-Unis--Relations raciales.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HD4903.5.U58 / R636 2012eb
658.30089/00973
The production of difference : race and the management of labor in U.S. history / David R. Roediger, Elizabeth D. Esch. - New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (x, 286 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: race in the history of U.S. management -- Facing South -- The Antebellum South and the origins of race management : African slavery, Indian removal, and Irish labor -- Managing the Negro : the African slave as asset and animal -- Facing West -- Frontiers of control : infrastructure, western expansion, and race management -- Crossing borders: racial knowledge and the transnational triumphs of U.S. management -- Changing the whole story -- Continuity and change: scientific management, race management, and the persistence of the "foremen's empire" -- The crisis of race management: immigrant rebellions, immigration restrictions, and a new focus on Black and Mexican labor -- Afterword: then and now -- Notes -- Index.
9780199930807 (electronic bk.) 0199930805 (electronic bk.) (hbk.) (hbk.)
2011038641
GBB233210 bnb
Discrimination in employment--History.--United States
Labor--History.--United States
Race discrimination--History.--United States
Travail--Histoire.--États-Unis
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Human Resources & Personnel Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Workplace Culture.
Discrimination in employment.
Labor.
Race discrimination.
Race relations.
United States--Race relations.
États-Unis--Relations raciales.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
HD4903.5.U58 / R636 2012eb
658.30089/00973