{"product_id":"workin-on-the-chain-gang-shaking-off-the-dead-hand-of-history-9780472031986","title":"Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History","description":"\u003cp\u003eA passionate examination of the social and economic injustices that continue to shackle the American people\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWorkin' on the Chain Gang: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . bracing and provocative. . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . clear-sighted . . . Mosley offers chain-breaking ideas. . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" A] thoroughly potent dismantling of \u003ci\u003eYanqui\u003c\/i\u003e capitalism, the media, and the entertainment business, and at the same time a celebration of rebellion, truth as a tool for emancipation, and much else besides. . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003ci\u003eToronto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWorkin' on the Chain Gang\u003c\/i\u003e excels at expressing feelings of ennui that transcend race. . . . beautiful language and penetrating insights into the necessity of confronting the past.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003ci\u003eWashington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mosley eloquently examines what liberation from consumer capitalism might look like. . . . readers receptive to a progressive critique of the religion of the market will value Mosley's creative contribution.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Mosley's most recent essay collection is \u003ci\u003eLife Out of Context, \u003c\/i\u003e published in 2006. He is the best-selling author of the science fiction novel \u003ci\u003eBlue Light, \u003c\/i\u003e five critically acclaimed mysteries featuring Easy Rawlins, the blues novel \u003ci\u003eRL's Dream, \u003c\/i\u003e a finalist for the NAACP Award in Fiction, and winner of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association's Literary Award. His books have been translated into twenty languages. He lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClyde Taylor is Professor of Africana Studies at NYU's Gallatin School and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mask of Art: Breaking the Aesthetic Contract--Film and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mosley, Walter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472031986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.32w x 0.37d","brand":"Walter Mosley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39668691042379,"sku":"9780472031986","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_6ac203c3-80a4-4ef7-b11c-16affb6d01a7.jpg?v=1644290079","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/workin-on-the-chain-gang-shaking-off-the-dead-hand-of-history-9780472031986","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}