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Author Olson, James Stuart, 1946-

Title Equality deferred : race, ethnicity, and immigration in America since 1945 / James S. Olson
Published Belmont, CA : Wadsworth/Thomson Learnng, [2003]
©2003

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Description viii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Series Wadsworth books on America since 1945
Wadsworth books on America since 1945.
Contents The age of innocence, 1945-1965 -- Ethnic America in 1945 -- The civil rights crusade -- Welcoming refugees and ending quotas, 1945-1965 -- Rumblings of discontent, 1965-1980 -- Black and Hispanic militancy -- Red power -- Affirmative action, busing, and the disintegration of the civil rights movement -- Old wounds, new injuries, 1981-2000 -- The new immigrants -- The revolt of white ethnics -- Ethnic America at the turn of the millennium
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-153) and index
Subject Minorities -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Minorities -- Civil rights -- United States -- 20th century.
Immigrants -- Civil rights -- United States -- 20th century.
Ethnicity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
United States -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140043
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100070
LC no. 2003615366
ISBN 0155074148