BIBLIO is the largest independent book marketplace in the world, with over 100 million books.

Skip to content

American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor
Stock photo: cover may vary

American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor Paperback - 1999

by Jacqueline Jones

Add to wish list

Reader reviews for American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor

Write a review for this book

There are no reviews for this book yet. Be the first to write a review!

Your review will be anonymous unless you login or create an account first.

Overall rating
Remember: You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the condition of the specific copy you purchased!

Important Terms and Guidelines

  • Please focus on the book’s content and context. Also, add any personal comments as to how you enjoyed the book. Substantiate your likes and dislikes. You may make comparisons to other books.
  • Reviews must be at least 140 characters in length.
  • Please do not reveal critical plot elements.
  • This is not a help line. Contact customer support if you need help.
Your review must not include:
  • Obscenities, discriminatory language, or other insulting language not suitable for public domain
  • Advertisements, “spam” content, or references to other products, offers or websites.
  • Email addresses, URLs, phone numbers, physical addresses or other contact information.
  • Overly critical comments about other reviews or reviewers
  • Time-sensitive material (i.e. promotional tours, seminars, lectures, etc.)
  • Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information

From the publisher

This is history at its best--the epic, often tragic story of success and failure on the uneven playing fields of American labor, rooted in painstaking research and passionately alive to its present-day implications for a just society. Jacqueline Jones shows unmistakably how nearly every significant social transformation in American history (from bound to free labor, from farm work to factory work, from a blue-collar to a white-collar economy) rolled back the hard-won advances of those African Americans who had managed to gain footholds in various jobs and industries. This is a story not of simple ideological "racism" but of politics and economics interacting to determine what kind of work was "suitable" for which groups. Here is a "useful and sobering" (Kirkus Reviews) account of why the connection between success and the work ethic was severed long ago for a substantial number of Americans. American Work goes far beyond the easy sloganeering of the current debates on affirmative action and welfare versus workfare to inform those debates with rich historical context and compelling insight.

First line

In the eyes of Captain John Smith, early seventeenth-century Virginia offered up a perverse paradise of sorts, a bountiful Eden where, nevertheless, English men, women, and children could earn their bread-and a dry coarse cornbread at that-only by the sweat of their brow.

Details

  • Title American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor
  • Author Jacqueline Jones
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 548
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1999-01-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780393318333 / 0393318338
  • Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.28 x 5.53 x 1.15 in (21.03 x 14.05 x 2.92 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Modern
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Race relations, African Americans - Economic conditions
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97020337
  • Dewey Decimal Code 331.639
Back to top↑

More Copies for Sale

Show all copies
American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor
Stock photo: cover may vary

American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor

by Jones, Jacqueline

  • Used
Condition
Used
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780393318333 / 0393318338
Quantity available
1
Seller
More Than Words Inc.
Item price
A$3.38
A$4.35 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
W. W. Norton & Company. Used - Very Good. A bright, square, and overall a nice copy
Add to wish list
Item price
A$3.38
A$4.35 Delivery to USA
American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor

American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor

by Jacqueline, Jones

  • Used
  • Very good
  • Paperback
Condition
Very good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780393318333 / 0393318338
Quantity available
1
Seller
World of Books Ltd
Item price
A$11.58
A$16.55 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Paperback. Very Good.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$11.58
A$16.55 Delivery to USA
American Work : Four Centuries of Black and White Labor
Stock photo: cover may vary

American Work : Four Centuries of Black and White Labor

by Jones, Jacqueline

  • Used
Condition
Used
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780393318333 / 0393318338
Quantity available
1
Seller
Better World Books Ltd
Item price
A$10.20
A$10.14 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$10.20
A$10.14 Delivery to USA
American Work : Four Centuries of Black and White Labor
Stock photo: cover may vary

American Work : Four Centuries of Black and White Labor

by Jones, Jacqueline

  • Used
Condition
Used
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780393318333 / 0393318338
Quantity available
2
Seller
Better World Books
Biblio Top Seller
Item price
A$11.30
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$11.30
Free Delivery to USA
American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor
Stock photo: cover may vary

American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor

by Jones, Jacqueline

  • Used
  • Very good
  • Paperback
Condition
Very good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780393318333 / 0393318338
Quantity available
1
Seller
ThriftBooks
Biblio Top Seller
Item price
A$11.40
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$11.40
Free Delivery to USA
American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor
Stock photo: cover may vary

American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor

by Jacqueline Jones

  • Used
  • Paperback
Condition
4) Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780393318333 / 0393318338
Quantity available
1
Seller
The Scholar's Source Bookstore
Item price
A$14.13
A$4.35 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
W. W. Norton & Company, January 1999. Trade Paperback . 4) Good.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$14.13
A$4.35 Delivery to USA
American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor
Stock photo: cover may vary

American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor

by Jones, Jacqueline

  • Used
  • Good
  • Paperback
Condition
Good
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780393318333 / 0393318338
Quantity available
1
Seller
Ausvora INC
Item price
A$14.53
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
W. W. Norton & Company. paperback. Good. 9.5X6.5X1.5. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$14.53
Free Delivery to USA
American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor
Stock photo: cover may vary

American Work: Four Centuries of Black and White Labor

by Jones, Jacqueline

  • Used
  • Paperback
Condition
Used
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780393318333 / 0393318338
Quantity available
1
Seller
Ergodebooks
Item price
A$14.93
A$21.74 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
W. W. Norton & Company, 1999-01-17. paperback. Used: Good. 5.50x1.10x8.30. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$14.93
A$21.74 Delivery to USA
American Work (Paperback)
Stock photo: cover may vary

American Work (Paperback)

by Jacqueline Jones

  • New
  • Paperback
Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780393318333 / 0393318338
Quantity available
10
Seller
Vietnam Sunrise Bookstore
Item price
A$36.94
A$4.35 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
1999-01-17. Paperback. New. “[Jones’s] painstakingly researched volume is an invaluable antidote to those who argue that our shameful past has no relevance to our perplexing present.” —David Kusnet, Baltimore Sun
Add to wish list
Item price
A$36.94
A$4.35 Delivery to USA
American Work (Paperback)
Stock photo: cover may vary

American Work (Paperback)

by Jacqueline Jones

  • New
  • Paperback
Condition
New
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780393318333 / 0393318338
Quantity available
1
Seller
Vietnam CardyBooks
Item price
A$36.94
A$4.35 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
1999-01-17. Paperback. New. “[Jones’s] painstakingly researched volume is an invaluable antidote to those who argue that our shameful past has no relevance to our perplexing present.” —David Kusnet, Baltimore Sun
Add to wish list
Item price
A$36.94
A$4.35 Delivery to USA
Show all copies
Back to top↑

Please wait a moment while we load the requested page.