Sharing the Prize: The Economics of the Civil Rights Revolution in the American South

by Gavin Wright

Book Overview

Winner of the Alice Hanson Jones Prize, Economic History Association
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year

The civil rights movement was also a struggle for economic justice, one that until now has not had its own history. Sharing the Prize demonstrates the significant material gains black southerners made--in improved job opportunities, quality of education, and health care--from the 1960s to the 1970s and beyond...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674980409
• ISBN13: 9780674980402
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"