Title: Race and the making of American liberalism /
Authors: Horton, Carol A.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Racism Political aspects United States History.; Social classes Political aspects United States History.; Liberalism United States History; Civil rights United States History; United States Race relations Political aspects History.; United States Politics and government.; United States Social conditions.
Abstract: "Race, Carol Horton claims, has been instrumental in creating some of the nation's most radically democratic forms of liberal politics. Movements for racial justice have led to the inclusion of the disenfranchised, an emphasis on socioeconomic equity, and, more recently, the promotion of cultural diversity. At the same time, racial politics have also ensured that relatively inequitable forms of liberalism flourish in the United States, including mainstream support for tremendously unequal distributions of wealth, power, and status."
Contents: Introduction : race and American liberalism -- Anti-caste liberalism -- Darwinian liberalism -- Race and the emancipation of labor -- Inequality and white supremacy -- Postwar liberalism -- Race, class, and the civil rights movement -- The broken promise of liberal revolution -- The conservative movement -- Conclusion : the impasse of progressive liberalism.