A Different Vision African American Economic Thought, Volume 1

caused by race has had and continues to have an immense impact in every sphere of African-American life. Volume 1 of "A Different Vision" includes an in-depth discussion of the economics of race and gender; an assessment of the contribution and influence of major African-American economists and economic philosophies, including Booker T. Washington, Abram Harris, and Phyllis Wallis; an examination of racism within the economics profession; and an accessible approach which is free of technical jargon.
Volume 2 offers an analysis of urban poverty; discusses aspects of racial inequality and public policy, including affirmative action, and self-help solutions; examines the theory and method which underlies public policy; and studies the impact of racism on the socio-economic status of African-Americans.

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

1 EDITOR’S NOTES 2 PREAMBLE: BLACKS IN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY: SUMMARY OF SELECTED RESEARCH Part I Race, gender, and economics 3 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AS SCHOLAR, ECONOMIST AND ACTIVIST 4 THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF OPPRESSION AND ITS NEGATION OF COLOR BLIND REMEDIES: RACE CONSCIOUSNESS, RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER 5 BLACK WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ECONOMIC THOUGHT: A CRITICAL ESSAY 6 MISSED OPPORTUNITY: SADIE TANNER MOSSELL ALEXANDER AND THE ECONOMICS PROFESSION 7 TILTING AGAINST THE WIND: REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE AND WORK OF DR PHYLLIS ANN WALLACE 8 PROLEGOMENON INTO RACE AND ECONOMICS Part II The economic philosophers and their vision 9 BOOKER T. WASHINGTON AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BLACK EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1880–1915 10 WHY BOOKER T. WASHINGTON WAS RIGHT: A RECONSIDERATION OF THE ECONOMICS OF RACE 11 BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: MYTH MAKER 12 GEORGE EDMUND HAYNES AND THE OFFICE OF NEGRO ECONOMICS 13 SOUNDINGS AND SILENCES ON RACE AND SOCIAL CHANGE: ABRAM HARRIS, Jr. IN THE GREAT DEPRESSION 14 FORMULATING THE NEGATION: ABRAM HARRIS, Jr. AS CRITIC 15 THE POLITICAL ECONOMIC THOUGHT OF OLIVER C. COX 16 FROM THE NEW DEAL TO THE GREAT SOCIETY: THE ECONOMIC ACTIVISM OF ROBERT C. WEAVER

Thomas D. Boston is Professor of Economics at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is editor of The Review of Black Political Economy. He previously served as a Senior Economist to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress and was President of the National Economic Association. He has lectured and published widely on issues of race and economics.