In this important book, Francisca Oyogoa marshals evidence from Pullman porters spanning the 19th and early 20th century, flight attendants over the 20th century, and cruise ship workers in the 21st century, to examine how employers consistently use race. ethnicity, and gender to reproduce inequality in the labor market. As she shows, employers shift strategies in how they create and sustain hierarchies among workers, but their underlying assumptions remain surprisingly consistent. With remarkable theoretical breadth and superb historical data, Oyogoa brings the reader into these worlds, and makes clear how embedded racial, gender, and ethnic inequalities are in workplaces.

Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts

This well-researched book takes a novel and creative approach to understanding the systemic nature of racial and gender inequality in American workplaces. Oyogoa's comprehensive book advances readers' understanding of occupational segregation and the social construction of race and gender at work.

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