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Race and schooling in the South, 1880-1950 : an economic history
- Title
- Race and schooling in the South, 1880-1950 : an economic history / Robert A. Margo.
- Author
- Margo, Robert A. (Robert Andrew), 1954-
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | LC66.5.S68 M37 1990 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 164 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- 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 expenditures, taxation, and teachers' salaries, he clarifies the costs for blacks of post-slave segregation. -- Publisher description.
- Series Statement
- Long-term factors in economic development
- Uniform Title
- Long-term factors in economic development
- Subjects
- Segregation in education
- Discrimination in education
- Education > Economic aspects
- History
- USA > Südstaaten
- Southern States
- Schule
- Geschichte (1880-1950)
- Wirtschaft
- Rassenfrage
- Wohlstand
- Rassentrennung
- Schulbildung
- Economic development > Effect of education on
- Segregation in education > Southern States > History
- Discrimination in education > Southern States > History
- Education > Economic aspects > Southern States > History
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-159) and index.
- Contents
- Two Explanations of Economic Progress -- Race and Schooling in the South: A Review of the Evidence -- The Political Economy of Segregated Schools: Explaining the U-Shaped Pattern -- "Teacher Salaries in Black and White": Pay Discrimination in the Southern Classroom -- The Impact of Separate-but-Equal -- The Competitive Dynamics of Racial Exclusion: Employment Segregation in the South, 1900 to 1950 -- "To the Promised Land": Education and the Black Exodus -- Conclusion: Race, Social Change, and the Labor Market.
- ISBN
- 0226505103
- 9780226505107
- LCCN
- 90011249
- ZBWT00335725
- OCLC
- ocm22308887
- 22308887
- SCSB-8905757
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library