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Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South - Haymarket Alex Lichtenstein First edition
Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South - Haymarket
Alex Lichtenstein
Both a study of penal labour in the Southern United States and a revisionist analysis of the political economy of the South after the Civil War, this book reveals that the economic modernization of the South was largely promoted through the use of forced black labour - penal slavery.
240 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 17, 1996 |
| ISBN13 | 9781859840863 |
| Publishers | Verso Books |
| Pages | 292 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 236 × 15 mm · 519 g |
| Language | English |