Between Slavery and Capitalism: The Legacy of Emancipation in the American South

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At the center of the upheavals brought by emancipation in the American South was the economic and social transition from slavery to modern capitalism. In Between Slavery and Capitalism, Martin Ruef examines how this institutional change affected individuals, organizations, and communities in the late nineteenth century, as blacks and whites alike l

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Winner of the 2015 Viviana Zelizer Award for Best Book, Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association "[A] compelling analysis of the swiftly changing economic and social institutions in the American south after the Civil War."--Heather A. Haveman, Administrative Science Quarterly "The book excels in providing a comprehensive analytical framework for understanding large-scale social change... Ruef makes excellent use of a wide range of data, including both historical census data and interviews with former slaves conducted by the Federal Writers' Project, to consider patterns of intergenerational status attainment among those who lived through emancipation... A fine exemplar of a historical-comparative analysis of economic change."--Joseph O. Jewell, American Journal of Sociology

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Martin Ruef is the Egan Family Professor of Sociology and director of Markets and Management Studies at Duke University. He is the author of The Entrepreneurial Group (Princeton) and the coauthor of Organizations Evolving and Institutional Change and Healthcare Organizations.