Brotherhoods of Color

Black Railroad Workers and the Struggle for Equality

Eric Arnesen

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$34.50 • £27.95 • €31.00

ISBN 9780674008175

Publication Date: 03/01/2002

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352 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

23 halftones

World

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Eric Arnesen is Professor of History at George Washington University.

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2001 Wesley–Logan Prize, American Historical Association and Association for the Study of African American Life and History

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