Twice the Work of Free Labor: The Political Economy of Convict Labor in the New South (Haymarket Series)
Alex Lichtenstein examines convict labor in the New South, focusing on the political and economic systems that shaped this form of work after the Civil War. Part of the Haymarket Series, the book explores labor, race, and the changing Southern economy.
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Twice the Work of Free Labor examines the political economy of convict labor in the New South.
Alex Lichtenstein places the subject within the history of the American South after the Civil War.
The book considers how convict labor was connected to political structures and economic interests.
As part of the Haymarket Series, this work contributes to discussions of labor, race, and the transformation of the Southern economy.
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