Racism in the nation's service : government workers and the color line in Woodrow Wilson's America /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2013]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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 policy, based on Progressives' demands for whiteness in government, imposed a color line on American opportunity and implicated Washington in the economic limitation of African Americans for decades to come. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 301 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-289) and index. |
ISBN: | 1469607212 9781469607214 9781469608020 1469608022 |