When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History Of Racial Inequality In Twentieth-century America - Couverture rigide

Katznelson, Ira

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ISBN 10 : 0393052133 ISBN 13 : 9780393052138

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2005

Synopsis

A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action. When Affirmative Action Was White demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s were created in a deeply discriminatory manner. This was no accident. With the United States still in an era of legal segregation, the powerful southern wing of the Democratic Party provided the framework for Social Security, the GI Bill, and landmark labor laws that helped create the foundations of the modern middle class. Through mechanisms that specifically excluded maids and farmworkers and through laws that kept administration in local hands, the gap between blacks and whites actually widened despite postwar prosperity. The publication of this deeply disturbing work promises to create a national debate on the meaning of affirmative action and the responsibility of government.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ira Katznelson is Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University and Deputy Director of Columbia World Projects. A former president of the American Political Science Association, he is the author of many celebrated books, including Fear Itself, winner of the Bancroft Prize in History.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0393052133
• ISBN 13: 9780393052138
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible