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Author:

Olson, James Stuart, 1946-

Title:

Equality deferred : race, ethnicity, and immigration in America since 1945 / James S. Olson.

Publisher:

Wadsworth/Thomson Learning,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

vii, 160 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Ethnicity--United States--History--20th century.
Immigrants--United States--History--20th century.
Americanization--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-153) and index.

Contents:

Age of innocence, 1945-1965: Ethnic America in 1945; Civil Rights crusade; Welcoming refugees and ending quotas, 1945-1965 -- Rumblings of discontent, 1965-1980: Black and Hispanic militancy; Red power; Affirmative action, busing, and the disintegration of the Civil Rights Movement -- Old wounds, new injuries, 1981-2000: New immigrants; Revolt of white ethnics; Ethnic America at the turn of the millennium.

Summary:

To be American is to debate individual rights ... Until we truly achieve individual equality ... Americans will be debating the meaning of race and ethnicity. [It is the author's hope that this book] will help illuminate that debate.-Pref.

Series:

Wadsworth books on America since 1945

ISBN:

9780155074149
0155074148

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49999432

Locations:

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