Equality Deferred Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in America, since 1945

Name: Equality Deferred Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration in America, since 1945
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ISBN: 9780155074149

ISBN-10: 0155074148

ISBN-13: 9780155074149

Edition: 2003

Authors: James S. Olson

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Issues of diversity have been and remain a key aspect of contemporary America. James Olson draws on his experience as a distinguished scholar and teacher to develop a portrait that encompasses various ethnic groups in the U.S.?including African American, Native American, Hispanics, and immigrants from a variety of nations. In this brief text, he sketches the ever-changing ethnic portrait of America, incorporating the most relevant scholarship on the civil rights crusade, immigration quotas, various militant movements of the sixties, and the current state of ethnicity in the U.S. This volume is part of the AMERICA SINCE 1945 series--a collection of brief texts that seek to define the ways in…

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List price: $76.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 5/7/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English




The Age of Innocence, 1945-1965



Ethnic America in 1945


An Ethnic Geography


The Ethnic City


New Identities


Old Realities



The Civil Rights Crusade


Legal Battlefields


Martin Luther King, Jr., and Civil Disobedience



Welcoming Refugees and Ending Quotas, 1945-1965


Retreat from the Indian New Deal


Reds and Refugees


The Hispanic Mosaic


Immigration Reform



Rumblings of Discontent, 1965-1980



Black and Hispanic Militancy


Black Power


Hispanic Power



Red Power


Termination


Treaty Rights


Natural Resources


Compensation and Land Recovery


Civil Rights and Tribal Sovereignty


Self-Determination


The American Indian Movement



Affirmative Action, Busing, and the Disintegration of the Civil Rights Movement


Affirmative Action


Playground Battlefields



Old Wounds, New Injuries, 1981-2000



The New Immigrants


Afro-Caribbeans


The Hispanic Kaleidoscope


The Asian Mosaic


Muslim Americans



The Revolt of White Ethnics


The Rising Tide of Racial Tensions


The Revival of White Ethnicity


Affirmative Action in Retreat



Ethnic America at the Turn of the Millennium


An Immigrant Culture


The Melting Pot


Bibliography


Index