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Beyond racism and poverty : the truck system on Louisiana plantations and Dutch peateries, 1865-1920
- Title
- Beyond racism and poverty : the truck system on Louisiana plantations and Dutch peateries, 1865-1920 / by Karin Lurvink.
- Author
- Lurvink, Karin
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
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- Description
- xvii, 269 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- The truck system was a global phenomenon in the period 1865-1920, where workers were paid through the company store. In 'Beyond Racism and Poverty' Karin Lurvink compares how this system functioned on plantations in Louisiana and peateries in the Netherlands. In the US, the system is viewed as a 'second slavery' and is strongly associated with racism. In the Netherlands, however, not racism but poverty was seen as the main reason for its continued existence.0By using a variety of historical sources and by analyzing the perspectives of both employers and workers, Lurvink provides new insights into how the truck system worked and can be explained. She reveals how the system was not only coercive but had some advantages for the workers as well, which should not be overlooked.
- Series Statement
- Studies in Global Slavery ; Volume 3
- Uniform Title
- Studies in global slavery ; v. 3.
- Subjects
- Truck system
- Peat industry
- Plantations
- Netherlands
- History
- Truck system > Netherlands > History > 20th century
- Truck system > Netherlands > History > 19th century
- Peat industry > Netherlands > History > 20th century
- Truck system > Louisiana > History > 19th century
- 1800-1999
- Truck system > Louisiana > History > 20th century
- Peat industry > Netherlands > History > 19th century
- Louisiana
- Plantations > Louisiana > History > 19th century
- Plantations > Louisiana > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-260) and index.
- Contents
- Conclusion, Bayous and bogs: the geography of isolation -- Truck payments -- Abuse? The effects of the truck system -- Costs and benefits: the employer's perspective -- Carrots, cake, and candy: the store as a positive incentive -- Sticks and strikes: the store as a negative incentive -- The power of racism and class.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-7577
- ISBN
- 9789004351806
- 9004351809
- LCCN
- 2017041676
- 99975604224
- OCLC
- 1001860791
- Author
- Lurvink, Karin, author.
- Title
- Beyond racism and poverty : the truck system on Louisiana plantations and Dutch peateries, 1865-1920 / by Karin Lurvink.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies in Global Slavery ; Volume 3Studies in global slavery ; v. 3.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-260) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1999
- Other Standard Identifier
- 99975604224
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-7577