Unequal Freedom

Informationen zum Autor Evelyn Nakano Glenn is Professor of Women's Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California! Berkeley. Klappentext The inequalities that persist in America have deep historical roots. Glenn untangles this complex history in a unique comparative regional study from the end of Reconstruction to the eve of World War II. During this era the country experienced enormous social and economic changes with the abolition of slavery, rapid territorial expansion, and massive immigration, and struggled over the meaning of free labor and the essence of citizenship as people who previously had been excluded sought the promise of economic freedom and full political rights. Zusammenfassung The inequalities that persist in America have deep historical roots. Glenn untangles this complex history in a unique comparative regional study from the end of Reconstruction to the eve of World War II. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Acknowledgments * Introduction *1. Integrating Race and Gender *2. Citizenship: Universalism and Exclusion *3. Labor: Freedom and Coercion *4. Blacks and Whites in the South *5. Mexicans and Anglos in the Southwest *6. Japanese and Haoles in Hawaii *7. Understanding American Inequality * Notes * Index

Product details

• Authors: Evelyn Glenn, Evelyn Nakano Glenn
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2004
• EAN: 9780674013728
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01372-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, History, Political Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Civics and citizenship