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Racial propositions : ballot initiatives and the making of postwar California /
This book looks beyond the headlines to uncover the controversial history of California's ballot measures over the past fifty years. As the rest of the U.S. watched, California voters banned public services for undocumented immigrants, repealed public affirmative action programs, and outlawed b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | American crossroads.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book looks beyond the headlines to uncover the controversial history of California's ballot measures over the past fifty years. As the rest of the U.S. watched, California voters banned public services for undocumented immigrants, repealed public affirmative action programs, and outlawed bilingual education, among other measures. Why did a state with a liberal political culture, an increasingly diverse populace, and a well-organized civil rights leadership roll back civil rights and anti-discrimination gains? Daniel Martinez HoSang finds that, contrary to popular perception, this phenomen. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (748 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520947719 0520947711 0520266641 0520266668 9780520266643 9780520266667 |