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Race and the invisible hand

by Royster, Deirdre A.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : University of California Press, (Berkeley :) Physical details: xvi, 226 p.
Subject(s): African Americans -- Employment. | Discrimination in employment -- United States. | Blue collar workers -- United States. | Electronic books.
Year: 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index.

Introduction -- Invisible and visible hands : racial disparity in the labor market -- From school to work in black and white : a case study -- Getting a job, not getting a job : employment divergence begins -- Evaluating market explanations : "the declining significance of race" and "racial deficits" approaches -- Embedded transitions : school ties and the unanticipated significance of race -- Networks of inclusion, networks of exclusion : the production and maintenance of segregated opportunity structures -- White privilege and black accommodation : where past and contemporary discrimination converge to produce durable inequality.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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