Nixon's Civil Rights Politics, Principle, and Policy

Name: Nixon's Civil Rights Politics, Principle, and Policy
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ISBN: 9780674006232

ISBN-10: 0674006232

ISBN-13: 9780674006232

Edition: 2001

Authors: Dean J. Kotlowski

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Richard Nixon believed that history would show his administration in the forefront of civil rights progress. What does the record really say about civil rights under Nixon? In a groundbreaking new book, Dean Kotlowski offers a surprising study of an administration that redirected the course of civil rights in America. Nixon's policymaking recast the civil rights debate from an argument over racial integration to an effort to improve the economic station of disadvantaged groups. Kotlowski examines such issues as school desegregation, fair housing, voting rights, affirmative action, and minority businesses as well as Native American and women's rights. He details Nixon's role, revealing a…

Book details

List price: $79.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/15/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Prologue: Deeds versus Words



Flexible Response: Southern Politics and School Desegregation



Open Communities versus Forced Integration: Romney, Nixon, and Fair Housing



The Art of Compromise: Extending the Voting Rights Act



Jobs Are Nixon's Rights Program: The Philadelphia Plan and Affirmative Action



Black Power, Nixon Style: Minority Businesses and Black Colleges



A Cold War: Nixon and Civil Rights Leaders



Challenges and Opportunities: Native American Policy



Stops and Starts: Women's Rights


Epilogue: In the Shadow of Nixon


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