Sharing the prize : the economics of the civil rights revolution in the American South / Gavin Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Gavin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights movements--Economic aspects--Southern States.

Civil rights movements.

Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.

African Americans--Southern States--Economic conditions--20th century.

African Americans.

Segregation--Economic aspects--Southern States.

Segregation.

Southern States--Economic conditions--20th century.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 353 pages ) illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Rights, economics, and the American South

The political economy of the Jim Crow South

Southern business and public accommodations : an economic-historical paradox

Desegregating southern labor markets

The economics of southern school desegregation

The economic consequences of voting rights

The downside of the civil rights revolution

Civil rights economics : historical context and lessons.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674076495

0674076494

9780674076440

0674076443