Elizabeth Esch: 2 books
The Color Line and the Assembly Line
Managing Race in the Ford Empire
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
The Color Line and the Assembly Line tells a new story of the impact of mass production on society. Global corporations based originally in the United States have played a part in making gender and race everywhere. Focusing on Ford Motor Company’s rise to become the largest, richest, and most influential...
The Production of Difference
Race and the Management of Labor in U.S. History
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
In 1907, pioneering labor historian and economist John Commons argued that U.S. management had shown just one "symptom of originality," namely "playing one race against the other." In this eye-opening book, David Roediger and Elizabeth Esch offer a radically new way of understanding...