Race and the Invisible Hand

by Royster, Deirdre A.; Steinberg, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780520239517
• ISBN10: 0520239512
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

This ethnography examines a group of black vocational high school students who were not as successful as less able white students in procuring blue-collar jobs.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	ix
Foreword	xi
Acknowledgments	xv
1. Introduction	1	(15)
2. "Invisible" and Visible Hands
Racial Disparity in the Labor Market	16	(21)
3. From School to Work ... in Black and White
A Case Study	37	(23)
4. Getting a Job, Not Getting a Job
Employment Divergence Begins	60	(22)
5. Evaluating Market Explanations
The Declining Significance of Race and Racial Deficits Approaches	82	(22)
6. Embedded Transitions
School Ties and the Unanticipated Significance of Race	104	(40)
7. Networks of Inclusion, Networks of Exclusion
The Production and Maintenance of Segregated Opportunity Structures	144	(35)
8. White Privilege and Black Accommodation
Where Past and Contemporary Discrimination Converge	179	(14)
Appendix: Subjects' Occupations at the Time of the Study	193	(2)
Notes	195	(10)
Bibliography	205	(12)
Index	217