| Author | Chen, Anthony S., 1972-
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| Title | The fifth freedom : jobs, politics, and civil rights in the United States, 1941-1972 / Anthony S. Chen.
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| Published | Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
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| Description | xxii, 395 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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| Series | Princeton studies in American politics
Princeton studies in American politics.
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| ISBN | 978-0-691-13457-4 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0-691-13457-X (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 978-0-691-13953-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0-691-13953-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-375) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: On the origins of affirmative action : puzzles and perspectives -- The strange career of fair employment practices in national politics and policy, 1941-1960 -- Experimenting with civil rights : the politics of Ives-Quinn in New York State, 1941-1945 -- Laboratories of democracy? : the unsteady march of fair employment in the states, 1945-1964 -- I have a dream deferred : the fall of fair employment and the rise of affirmative action.
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| Subjects | Affirmative action programs -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Employment -- History -- 20th century.
Discrimination in employment -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| LC Card Number | 2009-3503 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: HF 5549.5 A25 C51 2009
mq243997: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 146661] |
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