| Description |
1 online resource (x, 164 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Long-term factors in economic development |
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NBER series on long-term factors in economic development
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| Contents |
Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950: An Economic History; Contents; Preface; 1. Two Explanations of Economic Progress; 2. Race and Schooling in the South: A Review of the Evidence; 3. The Political Economy of Segregated Schools: Explaining the U-Shaped Pattern; 4. "Teacher Salaries in Black and White": Pay Discrimination in the Southern Classroom; 5. The Impact of Separate-but-Equal; 6. The Competitive Dynamics of Racial Exclusion: Employment Segregation in the South, 1900 to 1950; 7. "To the Promised Land": Education and the Black Exodus |
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8. Conclusion: Race, Social Change, and the Labor MarketNotes; References; Index |
| Summary |
The interrelation among race, schooling, and labor market opportunities of American blacks can help us make sense of the relatively poor economic status of blacks in contemporary society. The role of these factors in slavery and the economic consequences for blacks has received much attention, but the post-slave experience of blacks in the American economy has been less studied. To deepen our understanding of that experience, Robert A. Margo mines a wealth of newly available census data and school district records. By analyzing evidence concerning occupational discrimination, educational expen |
| Analysis |
race, racism, education, america south, history, jim crow, reconstruction, segregation, economics, labor market, employment, poverty, inequality, slavery, occupational discrimination, taxation, teachers, salaries, civil rights, stratification, classroom, separate but equal, exclusion, black exodus, social justice, nonfiction, politics, political science |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-159) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Discrimination in education -- Southern States -- History
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Economic development -- Effect of education on.
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Education -- Economic aspects -- Southern States -- History
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Segregation in education -- Southern States -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Service.
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Discrimination in education
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Economic development -- Effect of education on
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Education -- Economic aspects
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Segregation in education
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Southern States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0226505014 |
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9780226505015 |
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1281223832 |
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9781281223838 |
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9786611223830 |
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6611223835 |
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