Acknowledgments
Introduction: race in the history of U.S. management
Facing South
The Antebellum South and the origins of race management : African slavery, Indian removal, and Irish labor
Managing the Negro : the African slave as asset and animal
Facing West
Frontiers of control : infrastructure, western expansion, and race management
Crossing borders : racial knowledge and the transnational triumphs of U.S. management
Changing the whole story
Continuity and change : scientific management, race management, and the persistence of the "foremen's empire"
The crisis of race management : immigrant rebellions, immigration restrictions, and a new focus on Black and Mexican labor
Afterword: then and now
Notes
Index.