The Economic Aspect of the Abolition of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery

In his influential and widely debated Capitalism and Slavery, Eric Williams examined the relation of capitalism and slavery in the British...

7:36 AM

Way Too Cool: Selling Out Race and Ethics

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of cool have informed the American ethos since at least the 1970s. Whether we strive for it in politics or...

4:53 AM

British Capitalism and Caribbean Slavery: The Legacy of Eric Williams

Modern scholarship on the relationship between British capitalism and Caribbean slavery has been profoundly influenced by Eric Williams...

7:05 AM

Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor

In this revelatory book, Sudhir Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the...

7:11 AM

Saving the Neighborhood: Racially Restrictive Covenants, Law, andSocial Norms

Saving the Neighborhood tells the charged, still controversial story of the rise and fall of racially restrictive covenants in America, a...

3:05 PM

Sir Arthur Lewis: A Biography

Sir Arthur Lewis (1915-1991) was the first person to answer these questions in a systematic way. But he was much more than this; he was...

7:41 AM

The Business Strategy of Booker T. Washington: Its Development andImplementation

"A fresh reassessment of one of the most powerful black men in American history. This book will help reshape the prism through which ...

10:30 AM

Black American Money by Dr. Boyce Watkins

In this book, Dr. Boyce Watkins breaks down how black power can thrive in a capitalist society. In his standard down-to-earth style, Dr. W...

11:47 AM

Wealth Accumulation and Communities of Color in the United States:Current Issues

"Congratulations to Drs. Nembhard and Chiteji and the authors included in this much needed volume of work! Their book offers the pers...

5:57 AM

Money in Africa

The study of monetary systems in the history of Africa is a subject that by its nature crosses disciplinary boundaries, covering more than...

5:50 AM

Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York City

In February 1999 the tragic New York City police shooting of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed street vendor from Guinea, brought into focus the ...

5:49 AM

The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921

On the morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing black from white in Tul...

1:05 PM

Onions Are My Husband: Survival and Accumulation by West African MarketWomen

In the most comprehensive analysis to date of the world of open air marketplaces of West Africa, Gracia Clark studies the market women of...

8:10 AM

Slaves of One Master: Globalization and Slavery in Arabia in the Age ofEmpire

In this wide-ranging history of the African diaspora and slavery in Arabia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Matthew S. Ho...

1:22 PM

How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race,Political Economy, and Society

"For those of us who came of political age in the 1980s, Manning Marable's How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America was one o...

7:47 AM

Black Bourgeoisie: The Book That Brought the Shock of Self-Revelationto Middle-Class Blacks in America

A classic analysis of the Black middle class studies its origin and development, accentuating its behavior, attitudes, and values during ...

7:07 PM

Who Was the Hair-Care Millionaire? Madam C. J. Walker

Lots of people dream of being a millionaire, but Madam C. J. Walker actually became one with her revolutionary hair care system. Learn a...

6:36 AM

Black Business in the New South: A Social History of the NC Mutual LifeInsurance Company

At the turn of the century, the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company became the "world's largest Negro business." ...

3:20 PM

Brave Black Women: From Slavery to the Space Shuttle

Writing especially for students in grades four through eight, Ruthe Winegarten and Sharon Kahn trace the history of black women from sla...

1:35 PM

The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System

“The next financial collapse will resemble nothing in history. . . . Deciding upon the best course to follow will require comprehending a ...

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