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Index
Title Page
Dedication
Praise
Acknowledgements
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
Introduction
ONE - “MY MOTHER WAS MUCH OF A WOMAN”
WORKING FOR WHITES: ENSLAVED WOMEN’S LABOR AS A PROBLEM OF PLANTATION MANAGEMENT
WORKING FOR EACH OTHER: ENSLAVED WOMEN’S LABOR IN THE CONTEXT OF FAMILY AND ...
PLACES AND PEOPLE THAT DEFIED THE RULE OF PLANTATION SLAVERY
TWO - ENSLAVED WOMEN BECOMING FREEDWOMEN
IN PURSUIT OF FREEDOM
BLACK WOMEN AS “FREE LABORERS,” 1865-1870
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BLACK FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE IN THE POSTWAR PERIOD
NEW DRESSES, DEFIANT WORDS AND ACTIONS, AND THEIR PRICE
OUT OF THE FIELDS: CITY LIFE AND SCHOOLING
THREE - “BENT BACKS AND LABORING MUSCLES”
THE TRIPLE DUTY OF RURAL WOMEN
WOMEN’S WORK AND ASPIRATIONS
THE RURAL COOPERATIVE ETHOS IN AN INDUSTRIALIZING NATION
FOUR - BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN COTTON FIELD AND THE NORTHERN GHETTO
WORK AND FAMILY IN A NONRURAL SOUTHERN SETTING
“TOO PROUD TO BEND, TOO POOR TO BREAK”: IN THE SERVICE OF WHITE FAMILIES
ALTERNATIVES TO DOMESTIC SERVICE, AND THEIR LIABILITIES
THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF MIDDLE-CLASS WOMEN’S WORK, WAGED AND UNWAGED
THE ROLE OF BLACK WOMEN IN SOUTHERN LABOR RELATIONS, 1880-1915
FIVE - “TO GET OUT OF THIS LAND OF SUFRING”
PATHS NORTH
WORK AND FAMILY LIFE IN THE URBAN NORTH
THE NORTHERN SYNTHESIS: OLD AND NEW WAYS IN THE GHETTO
SIX - HARDER TIMES
DIMINISHING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PAID LABOR FORCE
THE MEANS OF SURVIVAL: UNWAGED HOUSEHOLDS AND COMMUNITY WORK
SEVEN - THE ROOTS OF TWO REVOLUTIONS, 1940-1955
THE ELUSIVE “DOUBLE V FOR VICTORY” DURING WORLD WAR II
BLACK WOMEN WORKERS DEMOBILIZED AND REDOMESTICATED
BLACK WORKING WOMEN AT MIDCENTURY
AN EBONY ALTERNATIVE TO THE WHITE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
EIGHT - THE STRUGGLE CONFIRMED AND TRANSFORMED, 1955-1980
BLACK WOMEN IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1955-1965
CROSSCURRENTS OF CHANGE: THE DIVERGENT STATUS OF BLACK WORKING WOMEN IN THE ...
IDEOLOGICAL BASES OF PROTEST: BLACK POWER AND BLACK FEMINISM, 1965-1980
NINE - CROSSCURRENTS OF PAST AND PRESENT, 1980-2009
THE REAGAN REVOLUTION AND THE “NEW FEDERALISM”
THE END OF WELFARE, THE PERSISTENCE OF POVERTY
LIMITS OF THE “POST-RACIAL” WORKPLACE
THE EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AND THE DAWN OF THE OBAMA ERA
APPENDIX A*: DATA FOR CHAPTER 2
APPENDIX B*: ADDITIONAL DATA FOR CHAPTER 2
APPENDIX C*: DATA FOR CHAPTER 3
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Copyright Page
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