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The political economy of the urban ghetto / Daniel R. Fusfeld, Timothy Bates.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fusfeld, Daniel Roland, 1922-
- Series:
- Political and social economy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Segregation.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Economic conditions.
- African Americans--Employment--History--20th century.
- Cities and towns--United States--History--20th century.
- Cities and towns.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- United States--Economic conditions.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 286 p. ) ill. ;
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1984.
- Contents:
- The ghetto and the city
- The evolution of urban racial segregation and discrimination
- The emergence of Balck ghettos
- Ghetto life during the Great Depression
- The World War II interlude
- The collapse of traditional Southern agriculture
- Organized labor and Black workers
- The changing economic base of metropolitan areas
- Black economic well-being since the 1950s
- The economic dynamics of the ghetto
- Work and wages in the ghetto
- Discrimination and coerced labor
- The welfare system and the ghetto economy
- Business enterprise in the urban ghetto
- Can we solve the problem?
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 253-273.
- ISBN:
- 0-585-21422-0
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