Podcasts about slavery masters

[originally published on Patreon Dec 15, 2023] After having introduced accounting concepts and laid out their applications in Jamaica, I continue my close reading of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal. I discuss the nature of 'book farming', the nature and origin of value, and discuss the ubiquity of King Cotton in the US and world economy. I cover the fungibility of labor, perverse concepts of depreciation, and get into the postbellum developments in the wake of the abolition of slavery. Finally, I discuss Rosenthal's background and the nature of McKinsey Consulting. episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__ Songs: My Queen is Harriet Tubman by Sons of Kemet It's A Sin To Be Rich, It's A Low-Down Shame To Be Poor by Lightnin' Hopkins Lord, Have Mercy On Me by Junior Kimbrough

[originally published on Patreon Dec 9, 2023] Having laid out various accounting concepts, I now introduce their application in a horrible setting: plantation accounting in Jamaica. To do this, I rely on a close reading of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal. Her work simply demolishes the traditional business history about the development of these concepts. As it turns out, slave plantations actually led the global economy in new developments of field and factory regarding management styles, industrialization, organizational structure, accounting methods, and a number of other things.  I discuss the nature of the sugar trade, questions of efficiency, the weaponization of data, the question of absentee ownership, and the nature of quantification itself.  episode art by Robert Voyvodich @r.voy__ Songs: My Queen is Ada Eastman by Sons of Kemet Great Britain by Scorzayzee

The 6 C's of History, Continuity: Episode #1 of 4. Reproductive labor is the labor or work of creating and maintaining the next generation of workers. This is the work of birth, breastfeeding or bottle feeding, washing dirty butts and wiping runny noses, nursing those who unable to care for themselves, keeping living areas habitable by washing and getting rid of refuse- and figuring out how to get water or where to put trash if not living with modern conveniences, cooking- including the sourcing, storing, and knowledge of food production to not make people ill. All of the things that humans rely on but that either through biology or through gendered norms, are the domain of women. Today we're discussing the history of how reproductive labor was gendered as women's work, the continuity of the undervaluation of reproductive labor within capitalism, and how this undervaluing contributes to the implications of gendered labor. Put more bluntly, capitalism is dependent on undervalued reproductive and gendered labor, and we're gonna explore that history a bit in this episode. Find the transcript, full bibliography, our swag store, and other resources at digpodcast.org Select Bibliography Friedrich Engels, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Co., 1884. Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman. Slavery's Capitalism : A New History of American Economic Development. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2016. Jennifer Morgan, Laboring Women: Reproduction and Gender in New World Slavery (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004). Caitlin Rosenthal. Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management. (Harvard University Press, 2018). Eileen Boris and Jennifer Klein, Caring for America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare State (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012) Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Forced to Care: Coercion and Caregiving in America (Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press, 2012). Lauel thatcher Ulrich, The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

About Our Guest: ⁠John Graham⁠ is an author, and speaker who specializes in topics related to race, identity, and corporate culture. He has a deep understanding of the historical and social constructs that shape our society and has dedicated his work to helping individuals and organizations navigate these complex issues. John is the author of the book "Plantation Theory" and is known for his thought-provoking insights and engaging speaking style. Summary: In this episode, Lexi B. interviews John Graham about the concept of divesting for the purpose of investment. They discuss the need for Black communities to build their own institutions and create self-sufficiency, rather than relying on systems that were not designed with their best interests in mind. John shares his perspective on the historical context of racism in America, the challenges faced by Black professionals in corporate America, and the importance of understanding the language of power. He also emphasizes the need for healing and therapy within the Black community and offers practical advice for individuals looking to navigate the corporate world while staying true to their values. Key Takeaways: Building self-sufficient communities is essential for divesting from systems that do not serve the Black community. The North and the South both have a history of racism, and it is important to understand the nuances and complexities of racism in different regions. The construct of power dominant individuals and institutions is resistant to change and will not willingly give up their privilege. Divesting from the corporate world requires a shift in mindset and a focus on building one's own venture while using corporate employment as a source of funding. Understanding the language of power is crucial for success in corporate environments and requires a deep understanding of conversational pragmatics. Quotes: "We continue to fight to change a construct that wasn't built nor designed with us in mind." - John Graham "Divestiture is only possible when you have an infrastructure to rely on as an alternative." - John Graham "Your corporate employer should be your venture capital backer." - John Graham "We still inherently believe that our value is connected to our work output and that is not true.." - John Graham Important Links and Continued Learnings:  ⁠Plantation Theory: The Black Professional's Struggle Between Freedom and Security ⁠- John Graham ⁠Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome⁠ - Dr. Joy DeGruy ⁠PowerNomics⁠- Dr. Claud Anderson ⁠Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management⁠ - Caitlin Rosenthal ⁠The History of the GANTT Chart  Transcriptions --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lexib/message

What if your podcast summary didn't matter or the tools you used to make a podcast didn't matter.  However you can make a podcast to get your message out there is what matters! Try the dream!  The more honestly you share the more you will attract your audience!  Shout out Chris Ward Jr. another heart centered storyteller for bringing Rosie Yeung and I together!  Are we human beings or Human Resources? DEI is about human life and how we are treating each other!  What is a community other than a buzz word?  There's our daily life and work is just one aspect of it!  We need to look at our overall well-being and the way we are working!  Better Call Daddy: The Safe Space For Controversy! Books Rosie mentioned in episode We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman's Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power https://a.co/d/c0xrAmW Accounting For Slavery Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management https://a.co/d/b2SpSid Rosie Yeung, CPA, CA, CHRL, is President and Founder of Changing Lenses, a Mindset Liberation Coach and JEDI Warrior (JEDI = Justice, Equity, Decolonization and Inclusion). She fights for JEDI in two key ways: First, she helps Asian diaspora women find freedom by transforming instead of conforming. She's experienced this first hand, because she's one of them! She's a Hong Kong-born, Canadian- raised, cis-gendered single woman who's spent her whole life trying to meet other people's standards instead of figuring out what she wants. She was liberated by mindset change and positive psychology, and now she offers culturally relevant coaching to help racialized women find theirs. Second, she helps organizational leaders who genuinely want their workplace to be more equitable and inclusive to understand how capitalism and Western business intersect with colonization, racism, and social injustice. We cannot train our way to equity and inclusion; it requires dismantling systems and designing new processes. It also requires costly personal change that will feel sacrificial because equity and inclusion are not part of business today. As a Certified HR Leader, Chartered Professional Accountant, and Positive Intelligence Coach with over 20 years of corporate executive experience, she leverages all her skills and experiences – her whole self – to help you Change Your Lens, Free Your Mind, and Transform Your Life. www.changinglenses.ca   Connect with Reena https://youtube.com/c/BetterCallDaddy instagram.com/reenafriedmanwatts linkedin.com/in/reenafriedmanwatts twitter.com/reenareena bettercalldaddy.com   Me and my daddy would love to hear from you podchaser.com/bettercalldaddy ratethispodcast.com/bettercalldaddy      

1 Peter 3:8-4:11 Empire/rulers, Slavery/Masters, Patriarchy/Pagan Husbands. Sermon on the mount • Tapeinophron Psalm 34 Earlier Peter uses Psalm 34 (LXX) 1 Peter 3:13-17 Suffering for Righteousness Be prepared to give an account Honor and Shame 1 Peter 3:18-22 Died for sins o Peri/Dia- because of. o Huper- For a benefit Put to death/Made alive in Spirit Proclamations to Spirits in prison o 1 Enoch12:4-13:2 Baptism 1 Peter 4:1-6 The Purpose of Christ Separate from the world Gospel preached to the dead? 1 Peter 4:7-11 End of all things? Love and Hospitality Stewards of Grace

In this longer podcast, I walk through everything we’ve learned about skills taxonomies, job architectures, and the new world of hybrid work. And to really get your attention I explain why the Apple Genius Bar is a genius idea, which builds on all that’s going on in the world of skills and jobs. We are clearly entering a new world of organization design. You no longer need to model your company like a gigantic pyramid, it’s truly a network of hybrid roles. We’ve gone from jobs to roles and from skills to capabilities, and in this podcast, I explain how this all works. I also explain how NASA has redefined its skills model for its mission to Mars, and how Telcos are rethinking skills in the age of 5G, and how Epic (one of the most successful software companies in the world) organizes its jobs into only seven categories. And I give you the three business strategies that create effective skills taxonomy projects. And here are some other references to help. What Is A Skills Taxonomy Anyway? The Global HR Capability Project The War Of The Skills Clouds BurningGlass Acquires EMSI: A Leader In Jobs Data? Let’s Stop Talking About Softskills: They’re PowerSkills Hybrid Work: Ten Things We Have Learned Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management (a fascinating book that’s all about organization design)

We live in an age where big businesses track our shopping habits and in some cases our work habits. But is the age of data new? When did the “age of the spreadsheet” and quantification of habits develop?
 Caitlin Rosenthal, an Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley and the author of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management, leads us on an investigation into the origins of how American businesses came to collect and use data to manage their workers and their pursuit of profits. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/281 Join Ben Franklin's World! Subscribe and help us bring history right to your ears! Sponsor Links Omohundro Institute The Ben Franklin's World Shop Complementary Episodes Episode 137: Erica Dunbar, The Washingtons’ Runaway Slave, Ona Judge Episode 140: Tamara Thornton, Nathaniel Bowditch: 19th-Century Man of Business Episode 173: Marisa Fuentes, Colonial Port Cities & Slavery Episode 176: Daina Ramey Berry, The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave Episode 253: Susan Clair Imbarrato, Life & Revolution in Boston & Grenada Listen! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Ben Franklin's World iOS App Ben Franklin's World Android App Helpful Links Join the Ben Franklin's World Facebook Group Ben Franklin’s World Twitter: @BFWorldPodcast Ben Franklin's World Facebook Page Sign-up for the Franklin Gazette Newsletter

What role did slavery play in the story of U.S. capitalism? Does the fact that slavery wasn't rooted in wage labor mean that it wasn't a form of capitalist practice? Caitlin Rosenthal offers a definition of capitalism and shares her understanding of how commodification, and the power to impose it, operated under slavery. (Encore presentation.) Caitlin Rosenthal, Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management Harvard University Press, 2019 (paper) The post Slavery, Capitalism, and the Power to Commodify appeared first on KPFA.

What role did slavery play in the story of U.S. capitalism? Does the fact that slavery wasn't rooted in wage labor mean that it wasn't a form of capitalist practice? Caitlin Rosenthal offers a definition of capitalism and shares her understanding of how commodification, and the power to impose it, operated under slavery. Caitlin Rosenthal, Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management Harvard University Press, 2019 (paper) The post Slavery, Capitalism, and the Power to Commodify appeared first on KPFA.

A conversation on the history of management and accounting, and their connection to slavery with Caitlin C. Rosenthal. She is assistant professor of History at UC Berkeley and author of the book Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management. The post How Slavery Laid the Foundation of American Capitalism. appeared first on KPFA.

Joining Dan Neumann today are Johanna Rothman and Mark Kilby! In case you don’t already know them, Johanna Rothman is known as the “Pragmatic Manager” and is the author of 14 books (and counting)! Through her management consulting, she helps managers and leaders create projects, teams, and organizations that work. Mark Kilby is an agile mentor and coach, playing many roles on the software and product lifecycle stage. His passions include serving servant leaders and building sustainable organizations that bring value to the people inside and outside the organization.   Recently, Mark and Johanna have collaborated on the book, From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams, that teaches how to create a successful distributed agile team and leave the chaos of virtual teams behind. This fascinating book will also be today’s topic of discussion! Johanna and Mark outline the differences between co-located, distributed, and dispersed teams; why the distinction between all three is important for agile teams; what is an agile team; key principles for these different types of agile teams; and nuggets of wisdom for managers of these teams.   Key Takeaways The distinction between colocated, distributed, and dispersed teams; and why it’s important: A co-located team is one that is collaborating and communicating in person (one that you can simply walk up to and have a discussion with) A distributed team is a group of individuals collaborating and communicating via communication technology (AKA a virtual team) A dispersed team is where some team members are in one space together while the rest are in another Mark has a simple way of distinguishing between these types through space analogies: A Satelite team: where the bulk of the team is located but you’ve got a small number of the team that is not co-located with each other The Clusters: where the organization has several clusters of people in different locations (i.e. co-located teams that have to coordinate the work) The Nebula: where everybody is distributed and works from different locations to collaborate as a team What is a team? And what is key specifically for agile teams? A team has a single goal (and one that is small enough to be able to actually collaborate together with) and has interdependent work The team has the capability and the hours of overlap to communicate and check-in with each other so that they have the right understanding of their collective progress and goal The team watches out for each other to make sure they’re collectively working towards their goal Key principles that will help your distributed team move towards better agility: Hours of overlap are crucial in allowing the teams to truly collaborate Flow efficiency for agile teams The team needs to create tighter bonds with each other Self-organizing and self-managing teams Critical for the teams to decide when the meetings occur and to outline their own working agreements Nuggets of wisdom and important qualities to uphold for managers that are leading distributed agile teams: The three important mindset shifts for managers (outlined in their book) are: manage for change, emphasize communication and collaboration, and use agile principles (not practices) Great managers have organizational expertise and understand how to get things done in the organization in order to set up the right environment for the teams Managers support teams in their continued growth Experimentation is key to managing for change What is Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and how is it an important tool? VSM is a lean management tool that helps visualize the steps needed to take from product creation to delivering it to the end-customer It’s especially useful for nebula teams that are completely separated from each other (to be able to see where the work is and how much wait time there is)   Mentioned in this Episode: Johanna Rothman Mark Kilby From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams: Collaborate to Deliver, by Johanna Rothman and Mark Kilby “Dispersed vs. Distributed Teams,” by Johanna Rothman Agile Coaches’ Corner Ep.5: “Exploring an Experimental Mindset with Adam Ulery” Value Stream Mapping (VSM)   Johanna and Mark’s Book (and TV Show) Picks: The Man in the High Castle (Amazon Prime Series) Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management, by Caitlin Rosenthal Educated: A Memoir, by Tara Westover   Want to Learn More or Get in Touch? Visit the website and catch up with all the episodes on AgileThought.com! Email your thoughts or suggestions to Podcast@AgileThought.com or Tweet @AgileThought using #AgileThoughtPodcast!

Caitlin Rosenthal, assistant professor of history at UC Berkeley, argues there are strong parallels between the accounting practices used by slaveholders and modern business practices. While we know slavery's economic impact on the United States, Rosenthal says we need to look closer at the details — down to accounting ledgers – to truly understand what abolitionists and slaves were up against, and how those practices still influence business and management today. She's the author of the book, "Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management."

The familiar narrative of American business development begins in the industrial North, where paternalistic factory owners, committed to a kind of Protestant ethic, scaled up their operations into ‘total institutions'—an effort to forestall labor turnover by providing housing and fulfilling community needs. Many of these firms were, of course, dependent on the availability of cotton from the South where, as Caitlin C. Rosenthal argues, modern management practices were expanded and refined through experimentation with enslaved workers. Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management (Harvard University Press, 2018) resituates the development of scientific record-keeping and labor optimization practices within the Atlantic slave trade. The book pays close attention to how sophisticated reporting practices, emerging from the standard record books that circulated throughout the Atlantic world, allowed planters to rate and categorize enslaved people in a generalizable way. The book is an invitation to rethink the genealogy of business management, to disabuse professionals of a claim to moral distance from a time when unfettered legal control over a labor force—as capital—created hitherto unknown opportunities for knowledge production and experimentation with efficiency. Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University's Program in the History of Science. He works on computing, quantification, communication, and governance in modern America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The familiar narrative of American business development begins in the industrial North, where paternalistic factory owners, committed to a kind of Protestant ethic, scaled up their operations into ‘total institutions'—an effort to forestall labor turnover by providing housing and fulfilling community needs. Many of these firms were, of course, dependent on the availability of cotton from the South where, as Caitlin C. Rosenthal argues, modern management practices were expanded and refined through experimentation with enslaved workers. Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management (Harvard University Press, 2018) resituates the development of scientific record-keeping and labor optimization practices within the Atlantic slave trade. The book pays close attention to how sophisticated reporting practices, emerging from the standard record books that circulated throughout the Atlantic world, allowed planters to rate and categorize enslaved people in a generalizable way. The book is an invitation to rethink the genealogy of business management, to disabuse professionals of a claim to moral distance from a time when unfettered legal control over a labor force—as capital—created hitherto unknown opportunities for knowledge production and experimentation with efficiency. Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University's Program in the History of Science. He works on computing, quantification, communication, and governance in modern America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The familiar narrative of American business development begins in the industrial North, where paternalistic factory owners, committed to a kind of Protestant ethic, scaled up their operations into ‘total institutions’—an effort to forestall labor turnover by providing housing and fulfilling community needs. Many of these firms were, of course, dependent on the availability of cotton from the South where, as Caitlin C. Rosenthal argues, modern management practices were expanded and refined through experimentation with enslaved workers. Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management (Harvard University Press, 2018) resituates the development of scientific record-keeping and labor optimization practices within the Atlantic slave trade. The book pays close attention to how sophisticated reporting practices, emerging from the standard record books that circulated throughout the Atlantic world, allowed planters to rate and categorize enslaved people in a generalizable way. The book is an invitation to rethink the genealogy of business management, to disabuse professionals of a claim to moral distance from a time when unfettered legal control over a labor force—as capital—created hitherto unknown opportunities for knowledge production and experimentation with efficiency. Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University’s Program in the History of Science. He works on computing, quantification, communication, and governance in modern America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The familiar narrative of American business development begins in the industrial North, where paternalistic factory owners, committed to a kind of Protestant ethic, scaled up their operations into ‘total institutions'—an effort to forestall labor turnover by providing housing and fulfilling community needs. Many of these firms were, of course, dependent on the availability of cotton from the South where, as Caitlin C. Rosenthal argues, modern management practices were expanded and refined through experimentation with enslaved workers. Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management (Harvard University Press, 2018) resituates the development of scientific record-keeping and labor optimization practices within the Atlantic slave trade. The book pays close attention to how sophisticated reporting practices, emerging from the standard record books that circulated throughout the Atlantic world, allowed planters to rate and categorize enslaved people in a generalizable way. The book is an invitation to rethink the genealogy of business management, to disabuse professionals of a claim to moral distance from a time when unfettered legal control over a labor force—as capital—created hitherto unknown opportunities for knowledge production and experimentation with efficiency. Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University's Program in the History of Science. He works on computing, quantification, communication, and governance in modern America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

The familiar narrative of American business development begins in the industrial North, where paternalistic factory owners, committed to a kind of Protestant ethic, scaled up their operations into ‘total institutions’—an effort to forestall labor turnover by providing housing and fulfilling community needs. Many of these firms were, of course, dependent on the availability of cotton from the South where, as Caitlin C. Rosenthal argues, modern management practices were expanded and refined through experimentation with enslaved workers. Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management (Harvard University Press, 2018) resituates the development of scientific record-keeping and labor optimization practices within the Atlantic slave trade. The book pays close attention to how sophisticated reporting practices, emerging from the standard record books that circulated throughout the Atlantic world, allowed planters to rate and categorize enslaved people in a generalizable way. The book is an invitation to rethink the genealogy of business management, to disabuse professionals of a claim to moral distance from a time when unfettered legal control over a labor force—as capital—created hitherto unknown opportunities for knowledge production and experimentation with efficiency. Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University’s Program in the History of Science. He works on computing, quantification, communication, and governance in modern America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The familiar narrative of American business development begins in the industrial North, where paternalistic factory owners, committed to a kind of Protestant ethic, scaled up their operations into ‘total institutions’—an effort to forestall labor turnover by providing housing and fulfilling community needs. Many of these firms were, of course, dependent on the availability of cotton from the South where, as Caitlin C. Rosenthal argues, modern management practices were expanded and refined through experimentation with enslaved workers. Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management (Harvard University Press, 2018) resituates the development of scientific record-keeping and labor optimization practices within the Atlantic slave trade. The book pays close attention to how sophisticated reporting practices, emerging from the standard record books that circulated throughout the Atlantic world, allowed planters to rate and categorize enslaved people in a generalizable way. The book is an invitation to rethink the genealogy of business management, to disabuse professionals of a claim to moral distance from a time when unfettered legal control over a labor force—as capital—created hitherto unknown opportunities for knowledge production and experimentation with efficiency. Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University’s Program in the History of Science. He works on computing, quantification, communication, and governance in modern America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The familiar narrative of American business development begins in the industrial North, where paternalistic factory owners, committed to a kind of Protestant ethic, scaled up their operations into ‘total institutions’—an effort to forestall labor turnover by providing housing and fulfilling community needs. Many of these firms were, of course, dependent on the availability of cotton from the South where, as Caitlin C. Rosenthal argues, modern management practices were expanded and refined through experimentation with enslaved workers. Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management (Harvard University Press, 2018) resituates the development of scientific record-keeping and labor optimization practices within the Atlantic slave trade. The book pays close attention to how sophisticated reporting practices, emerging from the standard record books that circulated throughout the Atlantic world, allowed planters to rate and categorize enslaved people in a generalizable way. The book is an invitation to rethink the genealogy of business management, to disabuse professionals of a claim to moral distance from a time when unfettered legal control over a labor force—as capital—created hitherto unknown opportunities for knowledge production and experimentation with efficiency. Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University’s Program in the History of Science. He works on computing, quantification, communication, and governance in modern America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The familiar narrative of American business development begins in the industrial North, where paternalistic factory owners, committed to a kind of Protestant ethic, scaled up their operations into ‘total institutions’—an effort to forestall labor turnover by providing housing and fulfilling community needs. Many of these firms were, of course, dependent on the availability of cotton from the South where, as Caitlin C. Rosenthal argues, modern management practices were expanded and refined through experimentation with enslaved workers. Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management (Harvard University Press, 2018) resituates the development of scientific record-keeping and labor optimization practices within the Atlantic slave trade. The book pays close attention to how sophisticated reporting practices, emerging from the standard record books that circulated throughout the Atlantic world, allowed planters to rate and categorize enslaved people in a generalizable way. The book is an invitation to rethink the genealogy of business management, to disabuse professionals of a claim to moral distance from a time when unfettered legal control over a labor force—as capital—created hitherto unknown opportunities for knowledge production and experimentation with efficiency. Mikey McGovern is a PhD candidate in Princeton University’s Program in the History of Science. He works on computing, quantification, communication, and governance in modern America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this installment of Midday Culture Connections: we look at one of the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade that might not immediately come to mind: modern business management. A new book looks at how the pecuniary practices of slave owners have endured and how those practices continue to inform capitalism. Caitlin C. Rosenthal, an Assistant Professor of History at UC Berkeley in California, details the correlation between modern finance and chattel slavery in her new book Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management. She joins us on the line from her office in Berkeley. Plus, a conversation about the cities and industries profiting from the increase in what’s become the big business of detaining immigrants and asylum seekers. Dr. Sheri Parks is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She’s the author of Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman, and she joins us on the first Tuesday of the month for Midday Culture Connections. She is also the host of Beyond the Ballot here on WYPR, which airs twice a month on Thursday afternoons during All Things Considered.