When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America

Katznelson, Ira

ISBN 10: 0393328511 / ISBN 13: 9780393328516

Published by W. W. Norton & Company (edition Reprint), 2006

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Synopsis:

In this "penetrating new analysis" (New York Times Book Review) Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of twentieth-century American history and demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s were created in a deeply discriminatory manner. Through mechanisms designed by Southern Democrats that specifically excluded maids and farm workers, the gap between blacks and whites actually widened despite postwar prosperity. In the words of noted historian Eric Foner, "Katznelson's incisive book should change the terms of debate about affirmative action, and about the last seventy years of American history."

About the Author: Ira Katznelson is Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University and Deputy Director of Columbia World Projects. A former president of the American Political Science Association, he is the author of many celebrated books, including Fear Itself, winner of the Bancroft Prize in History.

Bibliographic Details

Title: When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold...
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (edition Reprint)
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Edition: Reprint.