When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America Ira Katznelson

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America

Author: Ira Katznelson
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Book Title
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
Author
Ira Katznelson
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9780393328516
In this "penetrating new analysis" (New York Times Book Review) Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of twentieth-century American history and 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. Through mechanisms designed by Southern Democrats that specifically excluded maids and farm workers, the gap between blacks and whites actually widened despite postwar prosperity. In the words of noted historian Eric Foner, "Katznelson's incisive book should change the terms of debate about affirmative action, and about the last seventy years of American history."Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Ira KatznelsonPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 08/17/2006ISBN: 9780393328516Pages: 238Weight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80dReview Citations: New York Times 09/17/2006 pg. 32
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    In this "penetrating new analysis" (New York Times Book Review) Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of twentieth-century American history and 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. Through mechanisms designed by Southern Democrats that specifically excluded maids and farm workers, the gap between blacks and whites actually widened despite postwar prosperity. In the words of noted historian Eric Foner, "Katznelson's incisive book should change the terms of debate about affirmative action, and about the last seventy years of American history."



    Binding Type: Paperback
    Author: Ira Katznelson
    Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
    Published: 08/17/2006
    ISBN: 9780393328516
    Pages: 238
    Weight: 0.55lbs
    Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80d

    Review Citations: New York Times 09/17/2006 pg. 32
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