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The Production of Difference: Race and the Management of Labor in U.S. History
Roediger, David R., Esch, Elizabeth D.
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Paperback. Centering on race and empire, this book revolutionizes the history of management. From slave management to U.S. managers functioning as transnational experts on managing diversity, it shows how "modern management" was made at the margins. Even in "scientific" management, playing races against each other remained a hallmark of managerial strategy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 3 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBL; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
In 1907, pioneering labor historian and economist John Commons argued that U.S. management had shown just one "symptom of originality," namely "playing one race against the other." In this eye-opening book, David Roediger and Elizabeth Esch offer a radically new way of understanding the history of management in the United States, placing race, migration, and empire at the center of what has sometimes been narrowly seen as a search for efficiency and economy. Ranging from the antebellum period to the coming of the Great Depression, the book examines the extensive literature slave masters produced on how to manage ... Read more
In 1907, pioneering labor historian and economist John Commons argued that U.S. management had shown just one "symptom of originality," namely "playing one race against the other." In this eye-opening book, David Roediger and Elizabeth Esch offer a radically new way of understanding the history of management in the United States, placing race, migration, and empire at the center of what has sometimes been narrowly seen as a search for efficiency and economy. Ranging from the antebellum period to the coming of the Great Depression, the book examines the extensive literature slave masters produced on how to manage ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199376483
SKU
V9780199376483
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Ref
99-33
About Roediger, David R., Esch, Elizabeth D.
David R. Roediger is Babcock Professor of History, University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, and the author of How Race Survived U.S. History and The Wages of Whiteness, among other titles. Elizabeth D. Esch is Assistant Professor of History and American Studies and a member of the Consortium for Critical Interdisciplinary Study at Barnard College-Columbia University.
Reviews for The Production of Difference: Race and the Management of Labor in U.S. History
detailed and well researched.
Martin Upchurch, International Socialism
Martin Upchurch, International Socialism