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Discusses American history from the early history of enslavement, nineteenth-century labor and politics to the modern debate about affirmative action and rights, combining secondary literature as well as original research
Based on one hundred interviews with (ex-)activists in the 1990s and the 2000s
Situates American understandings of race in both the history of science and in current scientific and social scientific research about race as a “social construction.”
Introduces important dimensions of civil rights and black power history, with close attention to public policy
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Exploring the Past
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Post-Movement Days to the Present
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An Unceasing Struggle Toward a Fairer Future
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Back Matter
About this book
Foregrounding problems of race, capital, and political economy, it particularly examines the connections between race and class, the relationship of slavery and national politics, and the distinctive intellectual framework that Americans have developed to discuss “race.”
Offering a detailed account of civil rights legislation, an overview of immigration law and policy, and comprehensive overviews of debates about affirmative action, immigration, and the causes and solutions to racialized urban poverty, this book emphasizes what is distinctive about the United States and offers a unique comparative framework for thinking about America’s racial past.
Authors and Affiliations
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Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan
Masaki Kawashima
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: American History, Race and the Struggle for Equality
Book Subtitle: An Unfinished Journey
Authors: Masaki Kawashima
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1977-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1976-0Published: 28 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9493-4Published: 11 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-1977-7Published: 16 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 300
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations
Topics: US History, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Public Policy