Nixon's civil rights : politics, principle, and policy /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kotlowski, Dean J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century.
Affirmative action programs > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Programmes d'action positive > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Affirmative action programs > Government policy
Civil rights
Politics and government
Burgerrechten.
Overheidsbeleid.
United States > Politics and government > 1969-1974.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1969-1974.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Deeds versus Words
  • 1. Flexible Response: Southern Politics and School Desegregation
  • 2. Open Communities versus Forced Integration: Romney, Nixon, and Fair Housing
  • 3. The Art of Compromise: Extending the Voting Rights Act
  • 4. Jobs Are Nixon's Rights Program: The Philadelphia Plan and Affirmative Action
  • 5. Black Power, Nixon Style: Minority Businesses and Black Colleges
  • 6. A Cold War: Nixon and Civil Rights Leaders
  • 7. Challenges and Opportunities: Native American Policy
  • 8. Stops and Starts: Women's Rights
  • Epilogue: In the Shadow of Nixon.

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