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WORKIN' ON THE CHAIN GANG
SHAKING OFF THE DEAD HAND OF HISTORY |
| By: |
Walter Mosley |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£14.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0472031988 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780472031986 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 December, 2006 |
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Class: Culture |
| Pages: |
128 |
| Description: |
Argues that though slavery was outlawed, all of us are in figurative chains of one kind or another. This work examines the social and economic injustices that shackle the American people. Each one of us, is restrained by a system that values money over humanity, power over truth, and conformity over independent thinking. |
| Synopsis: |
Though slavery was outlawed nearly a century and a half ago, all of us are still in figurative chains of one kind or another. Thus argues Walter Mosley in "Workin' on the Chain Gang", a passionate examination of the social and economic injustices that continue to shackle the American people. Each one of us, Mosley claims, is restrained by a system that values money over humanity, power over truth, and conformity over independent thinking. Yet even as Mosley paints a sobering vision of contemporary economic and political reality, he offers a plan to break the fetters of our oppression. First we must recognize that our history is deeply informed by the black experience. Then we must cast off the all-consuming accoutrements of an economic system that keeps us blind to our own and others' humanity. Only then can we hope to achieve our true potential. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
The University of Michigan Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |