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The color of America has changed : how racial diversity shaped civil rights reform in California, 1941-1978 /

Historians of the American West have long set the region apart from the South and North, citing racial diversity as one of the West's defining characteristics. This book integrates the two, examining the civil rights movement in the West in order to bring the West to the civil rights movement.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brilliant, Mark
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Historians of the American West have long set the region apart from the South and North, citing racial diversity as one of the West's defining characteristics. This book integrates the two, examining the civil rights movement in the West in order to bring the West to the civil rights movement.
Notas:Introduction: California and the wide civil rights movement -- An integrated program for racial justice -- Jap Crow -- The problem of segregation as applied to Mexican-Americans -- Jim Crow is just about dead in California -- Problems as diversified as its population -- A coalition for many years -- The Democratic splintering -- To break up coalitions of minority people -- Conclusion: Dilemmas of race and ethnicity.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (364 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199721986
019972198X
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0195160509
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9780199798810
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9781282768352