{"product_id":"workers-on-arrival-9780520971172","title":"Workers on Arrival","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An eloquent and essential correction to contemporary discussions of the American working class.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the ongoing issues of poverty, health, housing, and employment to the recent upsurge of lethal police-community relations, the black working class stands at the center of perceptions of social and racial conflict today. Journalists and public policy analysts often discuss the black poor as “consumers” rather than “producers,” as “takers” rather than “givers,” and as “liabilities” instead of “assets.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In his engrossing history, \u003ci\u003eWorkers on Arrival\u003c\/i\u003e, Joe William Trotter, Jr., refutes these perceptions by charting the black working class’s vast contributions to the making of America. Covering the last four hundred years since Africans were first brought to Virginia in 1619, Trotter traces the complicated journey of black workers from the transatlantic slave trade to the demise of the industrial order in the twenty-first century. At the center of this compelling, fast-paced narrative are the actual experiences of these African American men and women. A dynamic and vital history of remarkable contributions despite repeated setbacks, \u003ci\u003eWorkers on Arrival \u003c\/i\u003eexpands our understanding of America’s economic and industrial growth, its cities, ideas, and institutions, and the real challenges confronting black urban communities today.","brand":"Joe William Trotter Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48200216379643,"sku":"9780520971172","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_841e1d2b-82c3-4656-88f9-1a6981a193da.jpg?v=1770691484","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/workers-on-arrival-9780520971172","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}