Peter Temin

Never Together

The Economic History of a Segregated America

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

While all humans were created equal, economic history in the United States tells a different story. Black and white economic histories are quite different, and racism still dominates America today. This inclusive economic history of America describes two centuries of recent American racial conflicts since the Constitution was written.

Produktdetails

• Studies in New Economic Thinking
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 338
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 161mm x 236mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 634g
• ISBN-13: 9781316516744
• ISBN-10: 1316516741
• Artikelnr.: 62192835

Autorenporträt

Peter Temin is the Elisha Gray II Professor of Economics Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Part I. The Nineteenth Century: 1. Slavery and the civil war
2. Reconstruction
3. The gilded age and jim crow laws
Part II. The Twentieth Century: 4. The great migration, depression and world wars
5. Postwar prosperity and the civil rights movement
6. A new gilded age and mass incarceration
Part III. The Twenty-First Century Begins: 7. Racism rises and America declines
Conclusion.