Cecilia A. Conrad, John Whitehead, Patrick L. Mason

Study Guide for African Americans in the U.S. Economy

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Produktbeschreibung

This study guide is designed to help students read and understand the text, African Americans in the U.S. Economy. Each Study Guide chapter contains the following pedagogical features: 1. Key Terms and Institutions 2. Key Names 3. True/False Questions 4. Multiple-Choice Questions 5. Essay Questions

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9780742543799
• ISBN-10: 074254379X
• Artikelnr.: 21643364

Autorenporträt

By Cecilia A. Conrad; John Whitehead; Patrick L. Mason and James Stewart - Other Michael Enriquez

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Part I: Slavery and the Early Formation of Black Labor Chapter 2 The
International Slave Trade Chapter 3 Africa, Europe, and the Origins of
Uneven Development: The Role of Slavery Chapter 4 The Critical Role of
African Americans in the Development of the Pre-Civil War U.S. Economy
Chapter 5 The Black Sharecropping System and Its Decline Chapter 6 The Rise
of the Black Industrial Working Class, 1915-1918 Part 7 Part II: Organized
Labor and African Americans Chapter 8 An Uncertain Tradition: Blacks and
Unions, 1865-1925 Chapter 9 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Chapter
10 Civil Rights and Organized Labor: The Case of the United Steelworkers of
America, 1948-1970 Part 11 Part III: Theories of Racial Discrimination,
Inequality, and Economic Progress Chapter 12 Racial Economic Inequality and
Discrimination: Conservative and Liberal Paradigms Revisited Chapter 13
Marxist Theory of Racism and Racial Inequality Chapter 14 The Crowding
Hypothesis Chapter 15 "Keeping People in Their Place": The Economics of
Racial Violence Chapter 16 The Black Political Economy Paradigm and the
Dynamics of Racial Economic Inequality Part 17 Part IV: Current Economic
Status of African Americans: Hard Evidence of Racial Economic
Discrimination and Inequality Chapter 18 Race and Gender Differences in the
U.S. Labor Market: The Impact of Educational Attainment Chapter 19
Persistent Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market Chapter 20 Racial
Inequality and African Americans' Disadvantage in the Credit and Capital
Markets Chapter 21 Changes in the Labor Market Status of Black Women,
1960-2000 Chapter 22 Single Mother Families in the Black Community:
Economic Context and Policies Chapter 23 The Racial Wealth Gap Part 24 Part
V: Globalization and Its Impact on the Economic Well-Being of African
Americans and Latinos Chapter 25 Globalization, the Transformation of
Capital, and the Erosion of Black and Latino Living Standards Chapter 26
Globalization and African Americans: A Focus on Public Employment Chapter
27 Immigration and African Americans Chapter 28 African American Intragroup
Inequality and Corporate Globalization Chapter 29 Globalization, Racism,
and the Expansion of the American Penal System Part 30 Part VI: Black
Capitalism: Entrepreneurs and Consumers Chapter 31 History of Black
Capitalism Chapter 32 Black-Owned Businesses: Trends and Prospects Chapter
33 Black-Owned Banks: Past and Present Chapter 34 "Bling-Bling" and Other
Recent Trends in African American Consumerism Chapter 35 A Critical
Examination of the Political Economy of the Hip-Hop Industry Chapter 36
Black Capitalism: Self-Help or Self-Delusion? Part 37 Part VII: Education,
Employment, Training, and Social Welfare: Alternative Public Policy
Approaches in the Struggle to Achieve Racial Equality Chapter 38 Black
Power: The Struggle for Parental Choice in Education Chapter 39 School
Choice: A Desperate Gamble Chapter 40 The Black Youth Employment Problem
Revisited Chapter 41 Employment and Training Solutions for the Economically
Disadvantaged Chapter 42 Racism in the U.S. Welfare Policy: A Human Rights
Issue Chapter 43 Past Due: The African American Quest fort Reparations Part
43 Part VIII: Understanding Black Reparations Chapter 44 The Theory of
Restitution Chapter 45 The Economics of Reparations Part 46 Part IX:
African American Economic Development and Urban Revitalization Strategies
Chapter 47 Inner-City Economic Development and Revitalization: A
Community-Building Approach Chapter 48 Combating Gentrification through
Equitable Development Chapter 49 The Black Church and Community Economic
Development Chapter 50 Black Patronage of Black-Owned Businesses and Black
Employment Chapter 51 African American Athletes and Urban Revitalization:
African American Athletes as a Funding Source for Inner-City Investments