Eric Arnesen is the James R. Hoffa Teamsters Professor of Modern American Labor History and Vice Dean for Faculty and Administration at George Washington University's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. His books include Brotherhoods of Color: Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality, Black Protest and the Great Migration: A Brief History with Documents, and The Black Worker: Race, Labor, and Civil Rights since Emancipation.
"Sits at the crossroads of southern, labor, and African-American
history, offering its readers a fascinating ride through several
generations of complex experience."--Journal of Southern
History
"An outstanding example of a holistic approach to labor history.
Arnesen has thoroughly grounded his history of the relations of the
Black and white waterfront unions in the changing social, economic,
and political climate of New Orleans."--Bernard A. Cook, Journal of
American History
"Sophisticated and dynamic. Offers many insights for those who seek
to confront the intractable realities of class and race in American
society."--Bruce Nelson, Nation
"All serious students of Louisiana history should add this splendid
book to their libraries. . . . It will serve as a model for the
long-neglected field of labor history in the urban South."--Joseph
Logsdon, Louisiana History
"All serious students of Louisiana history should add this splendid
book to their libraries. . . . It will serve as a model for the
long-neglected field of labor history in the urban South."--Joseph
Logsdon, Louisiana History
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