Book
The affirmative action puzzle : a living history from reconstruction to today / Melvin I. Urofsky.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101870877
- ISBN: 1101870877
- Physical Description: xviii, 572 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, [2020]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Affirmative action before Kennedy -- Kennedy and Johnson -- Affirmative action spreads-and mutates -- Nixon and the Philadelphia plan -- Prejudice persists, affirmative action grows -- Marco Defunis, Allan Bakke, and Brian Weber -- Changing academia -- Backlash and defense -- Blacks and Jews divide -- Women and affirmative action -- The Reagan presidency -- The Court changes its mind -- Mend it, don't end it-or not -- Prop 209 -- Affirmative action and elections -- Seeking diversity in higher education -- Women and affirmative action II -- Other groups, here and abroad -- Bush, Obama, and Fisher -- Yes...and no...and Trump. |
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| Genre: | History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | 331.13 URO (Text) | 000155394 | Nonfiction | Available | - |