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Author:

Williams, Linda F.

Title:

The constraint of race : legacies of white skin privilege in America / Linda Faye Williams.

Publisher:

Pennsylvania State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

viii, 429 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Welfare state--United States--History.
Whites--Race identity--United States.
Whites--History.--United States--History.
Whites--United States--Social conditions.
African Americans--History--History
African Americans--Social conditions.
United States--Political aspects.--Political aspects.
United States--Social policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

"Problem of race" : American social policy at the dawn of a new century. White security : the birth of the American welfare state -- Assault on white privilege : civil rights and the great society -- Path bends : retrenchment from Nixon to Reagan-Bush -- Racially charged policy making : crime and welfare reform in the Clinton years -- Addressing "America's constant curse" : the politics of civil rights in the Clinton years -- Whose welfare system is it anyway? : the three tracks of social citizenship and racial inequality -- "Problem of race" : American social policy at the dawn of a new century.

ISBN:

9780271022536 (hc : acid-free)
0271022531 (hc : acid-free)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51098111
(OCoLC)52885446

LCCN:

2002154504

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)