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Nixon's Civil Rights
Dean J. Kotlowski
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Description for Nixon's Civil Rights
Hardback. Richard Nixon believed that history would show his administration in the forefront of civil rights progress. What does the record really say about civil rights under Nixon? In this book, Dean Kotlowski offers a study of an administration that redirected the course of civil rights in America. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
Richard Nixon believed that history would show his administration in the forefront of civil rights progress. What does the record really say about civil rights under Nixon? In a groundbreaking new book, Dean Kotlowski offers a surprising study of an administration that redirected the course of civil rights in America.
Nixon's policymaking recast the civil rights debate from an argument over racial integration to an effort to improve the economic station of disadvantaged groups. Kotlowski examines such issues as school desegregation, fair housing, voting rights, affirmative action, and minority businesses as well as Native American and women's rights. He ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674006232
SKU
V9780674006232
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About Dean J. Kotlowski
Dean J. Kotlowski is Professor of History at Salisbury University.
Reviews for Nixon's Civil Rights
Nixon's Civil Rights is, far and away, the best book written on the topic. It is contemporary history at its absolute finest: exhaustive research, clear prose, trenchant analysis, and shrewd judgments. Anyone interested in the Civil Rights Movement, the 1970s, and the Nixon era will find this book indispensable. A truly landmark study.
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