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""A study that denizens of the Beltway should take seriously — precisely because it couldn’t be written by political scientists, policy wonks or journalists.""---Michael Schaffer, POLITICO ""The Last Plantation holds crossover appeal for anyone interested in how congressional staffers — whose names never make it onto legislation — play an important role in our democratic system. . . . Jones draws upon his experience and the valuable networks he developed during his time as a congressional intern to write what I think will become the definitive book on how race and racism shape the congressional workplace.""---Victor Ray, The Emancipator ""Enlightening, insightful, and eloquent. . . . A timely contribution to understandings of persistent racism in American politics."" * Choice * ""James R. Jones’s The Last Plantation provides an important case study and analysis that helps further sociological understanding of racial politics at these levels. . . . By focusing on social patterns of discrimination and racial inequalities within the halls of Congress itself, the book shines a light on a major process of racial oppression in the United States. . . . This book is of great value to policy makers, scholars, and the public.""---Michael Rosino, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

"""A study that denizens of the Beltway should take seriously — precisely because it couldn’t be written by political scientists, policy wonks or journalists.""---Michael Schaffer, POLITICO"

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James R. Jones is assistant professor of Africana studies and sociology and director of the Center for Politics and Race in America at Rutgers University, Newark.

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