Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work, and the Family, from Slavery to the Present
Black Women, Work, and the Family, from Slavery to the Present
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
29 December 2009
Summary
The forces that shaped the institution of slavery in the American South endured, albeit in altered form, long after slavery was abolished. Toiling in sweltering Virginia tobacco factories or in the kitchens of white families in Chicago, black women felt a stultifying combination of racial discrimination and sexual prejudice. And yet, in their efforts to sustain family ties, they shared a common purpose with wives and mothers of all classes. In Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow, historian Jacq…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465018819 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0465018815 |
| Author: | Jacqueline Jones |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 29 December 2009 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 155mm x 231mm |
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About The Author
Jacqueline Jones
Jacqueline Jones is Harry S. Truman Professor of American History at Brandeis University and the author of seven previous books. Among her numerous awards are the Taft Prize, the Brown Memorial Prize, the Spruill Prize, the Bancroft Prize (for “Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow),” and, in 1999, a MacArthur Fellowship. She lives with her family in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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