Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 226 pages)
ISBN:
9780520937376
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1417525428
,
9781417525423
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1597348457
,
9781597348454
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9780520229990
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0520229991
,
9780520239517
,
0520239512
Series Statement:
George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies
Content:
From the time of Booker T. Washington to today, and William Julius Wilson, the advice dispensed to young black men has invariably been, "Get a trade." Deirdre Royster has put this folk wisdom to an empirical test--and, in Race and the Invisible Hand, exposes the subtleties and discrepancies of a workplace that favors the white job-seeker over the black
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index
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Introduction -- Invisible and visible hands : racial disparity in the labor market -- From school to work in black and white : a case study -- Getting a job, not getting a job : employment divergence begins -- Evaluating market explanations : "the declining significance of race" and "racial deficits" approaches -- Embedded transitions : school ties and the unanticipated significance of race -- Networks of inclusion, networks of exclusion : the production and maintenance of segregated opportunity structures -- White privilege and black accommodation : where past and contemporary discrimination converge to produce durable inequality.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Royster, Deirdre A. (Deirdre Alexia), 1966- Race and the invisible hand Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003 ISBN 0520229991
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0520239512
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Royster, Deirdre A. (Deirdre Alexia), 1966- Race and the invisible hand Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2003
Language:
English
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