American Babylon
Subtitle: Race and the Struggle for Postwar Oakland (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: August 8, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780691124865
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Ethnic studies; Human rights; Social history; History: American; History; History - U.S.; United States - State & Local - West; Sociology; California; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; United States - 20th Century (1945 to 2000); American History; History / United States / 20th Century; Political Science and International Relations; Discrimination & Racism; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - 20th Century; History - General History
First sentence: WHEN THE CENTURY'S most violent and bloody war came to a close in 1945, for whom in the United States had victory been secured?