The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class

The Wages of Whiteness provides an original study of the formative years of working-class racism in the United States. In an Afterword to this second edition, Roediger discusses recent studies of whiteness and the changing face of labor itself--then surveys criticism of his work. He accepts the views of some critics but challenges others.

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The American labor movement began tentatively during the Industrial Revolution and reached maturity during the New Deal with the support of and for FDR. Race relations between Americans of European origin and others, including Africans, Indians, and Asians, have been an issue since colonial days.

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