Beyond racism and poverty : the truck system on Louisiana plantations and Dutch peateries, 1865-1920 /
Lurvink, Karin.
Beyond racism and poverty : the truck system on Louisiana plantations and Dutch peateries, 1865-1920 / Karin Lurvink. - 1 online resource (xx, 269 pages) : illustrations. - Studies in global slavery ; v. 3 . - Studies in Global Slavery 3. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353367. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- 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 -- Conclusion.
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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 looks at how this system functioned on plantations in Louisiana in comparison with peateries in the Netherlands. In the United States, the system is often viewed as a 'second slavery' and strongly associated with racism. In the Netherlands, however, not racism but poverty has been seen as the main reason for its continued existence. By 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 advantages for the workers as well, which should not be overlooked.
9789004351813
10.1163/9789004351813 DOI
2017041676
1800-1999
Truck system--History--Louisiana--19th century.
Truck system--History--Louisiana--20th century.
Plantations--History--Louisiana--19th century.
Plantations--History--Louisiana--20th century.
Truck system--History--Netherlands--19th century.
Truck system--History--Netherlands--20th century.
Peat industry--History--Netherlands--19th century.
Peat industry--History--Netherlands--20th century.
Peat industry.
Plantations.
Truck system.
Louisiana.
Netherlands.
History.
HD4928.T72 / U6 2017
331.2/166
Beyond racism and poverty : the truck system on Louisiana plantations and Dutch peateries, 1865-1920 / Karin Lurvink. - 1 online resource (xx, 269 pages) : illustrations. - Studies in global slavery ; v. 3 . - Studies in Global Slavery 3. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353367. .
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- 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 -- Conclusion.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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 looks at how this system functioned on plantations in Louisiana in comparison with peateries in the Netherlands. In the United States, the system is often viewed as a 'second slavery' and strongly associated with racism. In the Netherlands, however, not racism but poverty has been seen as the main reason for its continued existence. By 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 advantages for the workers as well, which should not be overlooked.
9789004351813
10.1163/9789004351813 DOI
2017041676
1800-1999
Truck system--History--Louisiana--19th century.
Truck system--History--Louisiana--20th century.
Plantations--History--Louisiana--19th century.
Plantations--History--Louisiana--20th century.
Truck system--History--Netherlands--19th century.
Truck system--History--Netherlands--20th century.
Peat industry--History--Netherlands--19th century.
Peat industry--History--Netherlands--20th century.
Peat industry.
Plantations.
Truck system.
Louisiana.
Netherlands.
History.
HD4928.T72 / U6 2017
331.2/166