American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor

by Jacqueline A. Jones

Book Overview

This is history at its best--the epic, often tragic story of success and failure on the uneven playing fields of American labor, rooted in painstaking research and passionately alive to its... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393045617
• ISBN13: 9780393045611
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 543 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A brilliant look at racial division of labor in America

BEST BOOK ever written, in my experienced opinion. All people craving info. on racial divisions(and aren't we all?) should pick up this classic text. It ingeniously describes the evolution of the working classes in America. And who said work was BORING? Not this kind. This would make the perfect gift for your grandmother, but more importantly, for yourself. A riveting journey into the soul, not to be missed by any history buff. American Work is true to its name, it was written by an American, cause shes gotta work.