The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America - Brossura

Klinkner, Philip A.; Smith, Rogers M.

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ISBN 10: 0226443418 ISBN 13: 9780226443416

Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press, 2002

Riassunto

American life is filled with talk of progress and equality, especially when the issue is that of race. But has the history of race in America really been the continuous march toward equality we'd like to imagine it has? This sweeping history of race in America argues quite the opposite: that progress toward equality has been sporadic, isolated, and surrounded by long periods of stagnation and retrenchment.

"[An] unflinching portrait of the leviathan of American race relations. . . . This important book should be read by all who aspire to create a more perfect union."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Could it be that our unswerving belief in the power of our core values to produce racial equality is nothing but a comforting myth? That is the main argument put forth by Philip Klinkner and Rogers Smith . . . The Unsteady March is disturbing because it calls into question our cherished national belief and does so convincingly. . . . [It] is beautifully written, and the social history it provides is illuminating and penetrating."—Aldon Morris, American Journal of Sociology

Winner of the Horace Mann Bond Award of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University.

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Philip A. Klinkner is an associate professor of government at Hamilton College.

Rogers M. Smith is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Winner of the Horace Mann Bond Award of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University

"This book should be read by all who aspire to create a more perfect union."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

Have the history of race relations in America really been the continuous march toward equality we imagine? The Unsteady March argues quite the opposite: that progress toward equality has been sporadic, isolated, and surrounded by long periods of stagnation and retrenchment.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: University of Chicago Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0226443418
• ISBN 13: 9780226443416
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 426
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile