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Workers on Arrival
Black Labor in the Making of America
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2019
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"An eloquent and essential correction to contemporary discussions of the American working class."—The Nation
From the ongoing issues of poverty, health, housing, and employment to the recent upsurge of lethal police-community relations, the black working class stands at the center of perceptions of social and racial conflict today. Journalists and public policy analysts often discuss the black poor as “consumers” rather than “producers,” as “takers” rather than “givers,” and as “liabilities” instead of “assets.”
In his engrossing history, Workers on Arrival, Joe William Trotter, Jr., refutes these perceptions by charting the black working class’s vast contributions to the making of America. Covering the last four hundred years since Africans were first brought to Virginia in 1619, Trotter traces the complicated journey of black workers from the transatlantic slave trade to the demise of the industrial order in the twenty-first century. At the center of this compelling, fast-paced narrative are the actual experiences of these African American men and women. A dynamic and vital history of remarkable contributions despite repeated setbacks, Workers on Arrival expands our understanding of America’s economic and industrial growth, its cities, ideas, and institutions, and the real challenges confronting black urban communities today.
From the ongoing issues of poverty, health, housing, and employment to the recent upsurge of lethal police-community relations, the black working class stands at the center of perceptions of social and racial conflict today. Journalists and public policy analysts often discuss the black poor as “consumers” rather than “producers,” as “takers” rather than “givers,” and as “liabilities” instead of “assets.”
In his engrossing history, Workers on Arrival, Joe William Trotter, Jr., refutes these perceptions by charting the black working class’s vast contributions to the making of America. Covering the last four hundred years since Africans were first brought to Virginia in 1619, Trotter traces the complicated journey of black workers from the transatlantic slave trade to the demise of the industrial order in the twenty-first century. At the center of this compelling, fast-paced narrative are the actual experiences of these African American men and women. A dynamic and vital history of remarkable contributions despite repeated setbacks, Workers on Arrival expands our understanding of America’s economic and industrial growth, its cities, ideas, and institutions, and the real challenges confronting black urban communities today.
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Contributor: Joe William Trotter Jr.
Joe William Trotter, Jr., is Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice, and Founder and Director of the Center for African American Urban Studies and the Economy at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of Black Milwaukee and Coal, Class, and Color and past president of the Labor and Working Class History Association.
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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Acknowledgments
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Prologue: Foregrounding the Black Worker
xvii - Part 1. Preindustrial Beginnings
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Chapter 1. Genesis of the Black Working Class
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Chapter 2. Building the Early Community
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Chapter 3. Prelude to the Modern Age
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Chapter 4. Th e Industrial Working Class
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Chapter 5. African American Workers Organize
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Chapter 6. Demolition of the Old Jim Crow Order
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Chapter 7. Demise of the Industrial Working Class
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Epilogue: Facing the New Global Capitalist Economy
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Appendix: Interpreting the African American Working-Class Experience, an Essay on Sources
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Notes
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Index
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9780520971172
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Keywords for this book
black lives matter; african american culture; black working class; poverty; health; housing; employment; lethal police community relations; social conflict; black poor; consumers; producers; liabilities; assets; new history; perceptions; making of america; africans; virginia; 1619; transatlantic slave trade; dynamic history; economic growth; black urban communities; racial conflict; industrial growth; american century; industrial order
