Twice the Work of Free Labor

Twice the Work of Free Labor
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Publisher : Verso
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 1859840868
ISBN-13 : 9781859840863
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Book Synopsis Twice the Work of Free Labor by : Alexander C. Lichtenstein

Download or read book Twice the Work of Free Labor written by Alexander C. Lichtenstein and published by Verso. This book was released on 1996-01-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twice the Work of Free Labor is both a study of penal labor in the southern United States, and a revisionist analysis of the political economy of the South after the Civil War.


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