Racism in the Nation's Service : Government Workers and the Color Line in Woodrow Wilson's America /

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By 1920, promotions to well-paying federal jobs had nearly vanished for black workers. This book argues that the Wilson administration's successful 1913 drive to segregate the federal government was a pivotal episode in the age of progressive politics. It investigates how the enactment of this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Yellin, Eric Steven, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wilson, Woodrow, > 1856-1924
Wilson, Woodrow, > 1856-1924.
African Americans > Segregation.
African Americans in the civil service.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Noirs americains > Segregation.
Noirs americains dans la fonction publique > Histoire > 20e siecle.
African Americans in the civil service > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • No south to us: African American federal employees in republican Washington
  • The spoils: politics and black mobility
  • The sensibilities of the people: black politics in crisis
  • A new racial regime, 1913-1917
  • Democratic fair play: the Wilson administration in republican Washington
  • Wilsonian praxis: racial discrimination in a progressive administration
  • Resistance and friction: challenging and justifying Wilsonian praxis
  • Republicans in the new regime, 1918-1929
  • Creating normalcy: Washington after Wilson.

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