Descript |
x, 286 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Content |
text |
Media |
unmediated |
Carrier |
volume |
Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: race in the history of U.S. management -- Facing South -- The Antebellum South and the origins of race management : African slavery, Indian removal, and Irish labor -- Managing the Negro : the African slave as asset and animal -- Facing West -- Frontiers of control : infrastructure, western expansion, and race management -- Crossing borders : racial knowledge and the transnational triumphs of U.S. management -- Changing the whole story -- Continuity and change : scientific management, race management, and the persistence of the "foremen's empire" -- The crisis of race management : immigrant rebellions, immigration restrictions, and a new focus on Black and Mexican labor -- Afterword: then and now -- Notes -- Index. |
ISBN |
9780199739752 (hbk.) |
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0199739757 (hbk.) |
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