African Americans in the U.S. Economy

Cecilia A. Conrad is the Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics at Pomona College. She has authored or edited several monographs, including Building Skills for Black Workers: Preparing for Future Labor Markets; is the current editor of The Review of Black Political Economy; and is an associate editor of Feminist Economics. She is a recipient of the 2002 California Professor of the Year Award, an honor presented by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.John Whitehead is professor of economics and African American studies at City College of San Francisco. He has written extensively on racial economic inequality and community economic development and is the coeditor, with Cobie Kwasi Harris, of Readings in Black Political Economy. He is the founder and chairperson of the Committee on the Impact of Globalization on U.S. Minorities. Patrick Mason is associate professor of economics and director of the African American Studies Program at the Florida State University. He has authored or edited over forty journal articles, book chapters, and professional studies, including The International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. He is currently chair of the Committee of the Status of Minorities in the Economics Profession and is the past president of the National Economics Association.James B. Stewart is professor of labor studies and industrial relations, African and African American studies, and management and organization at Penn State University. He has authored or edited numerous books including Black Families: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, served as editor of The Review of Black Political Economy, and served as president of the National Economics Association. Dr. Stewart recently completed two terms as president of the National Council for Black Studies (1997-2001).

African Americans in the U.S. Economy is an invaluable collection of essays for high school teachers, college professors, politicians, activists, and all people interested in the struggle for racial justice in the United States. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling an outstanding volume covering a very wide range of historical, theoretical, empirical, and policy issues relevant to the economic status of African Americans.

• Chapter 1 Black Political Economy: An IntroductionPart 2 Part I: Slavery and the Early Formation of Black LaborChapter 3 The Critical Role of African Americans in the Development of the Pre-Civil War U.S. EconomyChapter 3 The International Slave TradeChapter 4 Africa, Europe, and the Origins of Uneven Development: The Role of SlaveryChapter 6 The Black Sharecropping System and Its DeclineChapter 7 The Rise of the Black Industrial Working Class 1915-1918Part 8 Part II: Organized Labor and African AmericansChapter 8 Civil Rights and Organized Labor: The Case of the United Steelworkers of America, 1948-1970Chapter 9 Racial Economic Inequality and Discrimination: Conservative and Liberal Paradigms RevisitedChapter 9 An Uncertain Tradition: Blacks and Unions 1865-1925Chapter 10 The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car PortersPart 12 Part III: Theories of Racial Discrimination, Inequality, and Economic ProgressChapter 13 The Black Political Economy Paradigm and the Dynamics of Racial Economic InequalityChapter 14 Marxist Theory of Racism and Racial InequalityChapter 14 Race and Gender Differences in the U.S. Labor Market: The Impact of Educational AttainmentChapter 15 The Crowding HypothesisChapter 16 Racial Inequality and African Americans' Disadvantage in the Credit and Capital MarketsChapter 16 "Keeping People in Their Place:" The Economics of Racial ViolenceChapter 20 Persistent Racial Discrimination in the Labor MarketChapter 20 Globalization, the Transformation of Capital, and the Erosion of Black and Latino Living StandardsChapter 22 Changes in the Labor Market Status of Black Women, 1960-2000Chapter 23 Single-Mother Families in the Black Community: Economic Context and PoliciesChapter 24 The Racial Wealth GapChapter 27 Globalization and African Americans: A Focus on Public EmploymentChapter 28 Immigration and African AmericansChapter 29 African American Intragroup Inequality and Corporate GlobalizationChapter 30 Globalization, Racism, and the Expansion of the American Penal SystemPart 31 Part VI: Black Capitalism: Entrepreneurs and ConsumersChapter 32 History of Black CapitalismChapter 33 Black-Owned Businesses: Trends and ProspectsChapter 34 Black-Owned Banks: Past and PresentChapter 35 "Bling-Bling" and Other Recent Trends in African American ConsumerismChapter 36 A Critical Examination of the Political Economy of the Hip-Hop IndustryChapter 37 Black Capitalism: Self-Help or Self-Delusion?Chapter 39 Inner-City Economic Development and Revitalization: A Community-Building ApproachChapter 39 Black Power: The Struggle for Parental Choice in EducationChapter 40 School Choice: A Desperate GambleChapter 41 The Black Youth Employment Problem RevisitedChapter 42 Employment and Training Solutions for the Economically DisadvantagedChapter 43 Racism in the U.S. Welfare Policy: A Human Rights IssueChapter 43 African American Athletes and Urban Revitalization: African American Athletes as a Funding Source for Inner-City InvestmentsPart 44 Part VIII: Understanding Black ReparationsChapter 45 Past Due: The African American Quest fort ReparationsChapter 46 The Theory of RestitutionChapter 47 The Economics of ReparationsPart 48 Part IV: Current Economic Status of African Americans: Hard Evidence of Economic Discrimination and InequalityPart 49 Part V: Globalization and Its Impact on the Economic Well-Being of African Americans and LatinosChapter 50 Combating Gentrification through Equitable DevelopmentPart 51 Part VII: Education, Employment, Training, and Social Welfare: Alternative Public Policy Approaches in the Struggle to Achieve Racial EqualityChapter 51 The Black Church and Community Economic DevelopmentChapter 52 Black Patronage of Black-Owned Businesses and Black EmploymentPart 53 Part IX: African American Economic Development and Urban Revitalization Strategies