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Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow

by Jacqueline Jones

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ISBN13: 9780394745367
ISBN10: 0394745361
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A powerful account of the changing role of American black women in the labor force and in the family.

Review:

Winner Of The Brown Publication Prize Of The Association Of Black Women Historians

"Brilliant, bedrock scholarship crucial to our understanding of the crisis of the black family in the 1980's."

-- Los A Angeles Times

"A valuable contribution...on several counts. Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow exorcises several malignant stereotypes and stubborn myths, it is free of the sexism and racism it describes, and it interprets old data in new ways.... Rather than simply looking at data, Miss Jones sees them. In so doing she has turned an are light on several dark and unexplored corners."

-- Toni Morrison, The New York Times Book Review

"A remarkable, inspiring work...which reveals important truths about our society. It is a major contribution to American social history and should be required reading for everyone who cares about the progress of justice and equality in America." — Coretta Scott King

"Jacqueline Jones's excellent study takes us far into the implications of the broad social differences between the black and the white experiences in America."

-- Nathan I. Huggins

"A seminal work of scholarship, which has no rival in its subtle explication of the complex interface of work, sex, race and class. All future studies of the black worker will have to take this book into account." — Henry Louis Gates

Product Details

ISBN:
9780394745367
Author:
Jones, Jacqueline
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Women's Studies
Subject:
History
Subject:
African American Studies - History
Subject:
Employment
Subject:
African American Studies
Subject:
Afro-American women
Subject:
Afro-American families -- History.
Subject:
Trabajo y trabajadores
Subject:
African-American women
Subject:
African American families
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
Subject:
Women's Studies - General
Subject:
Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General
Subject:
Mujeres afro americanas
Subject:
Familias afro americanas
Subject:
African American families - History
Subject:
African American women - History -
Copyright:
Edition Description:
1st Vintage Books ed., Bibliography: p. 406-415.
Series Volume:
94-1
Publication Date:
July 1986
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
464
Dimensions:
7.96x5.24x.94 in. .94 lbs.

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