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Oxford University Press, USA 2012 Hardcover Very good May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
OUP Us, Date: 2012. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2012. OUP Us ISBN 0199739757 9780199739752 [US]
ISBN10: 0199739757, ISBN13: 9780199739752, [publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. 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 forefficiency 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 and "develop" slaves;explores what was perhaps the greatest managerial feat in U.S. history, the building of the transcontinental railroad, which pitted Chinese and Irish work gangs against each other; and concludes by looking at how these strategies survive today in the management of hard, low-paying, dangerous jobs in agriculture, military support, and meatpacking. Roediger and Esch convey what slaves, immigrants, and all working people were up against as the objects of managerial control. Managers explicitlyranked racial groups, both in terms of which labor they were best suited for and their relative value compared to others. The authors show how whites relied on such alleged racial knowledge to manage andbelieved ...
Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Production of Difference: Race and the Management of Labor in U.S. History. ISBN 0199739757 9780199739752 [GB]
OUP USA 5/31/2012 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
New York, NY Oxford University Press, USA 2012 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 296 p. Contains: Unspecified, Line drawings, black & white, Charts.
Hardback. New. 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. ISBN 0199739757 9780199739752 [GB]
OUP USA 5/31/2012 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
ISBN10: 0199739757, ISBN13: 9780199739752, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.15 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2012]
New York, NY Oxford University Press, USA 2012 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 296 p. Contains: Unspecified, Line drawings, black & white, Charts.
New York, NY OUP Us 2012 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 296 p. Contains: Unspecified, Line drawings, black & white, Charts.
ISBN10: 0199739757, ISBN13: 9780199739752, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover [DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 2012]
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