Constructing affirmative action
Subtitle: the struggle for equal employment opportunity
By: David Hamilton Golland
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780813129976; 9780813129983
Subjects: Construction industry; Building trades; Minorities; Race discrimination; Discrimination in employment; Minority business enterprises; Affirmative action programs; Employment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Fighting bureaucratic inertia, 1956-1960; title: Becoming the urban crisis, 1961-1964; title: Grasping at solutions, 1964-1967; title: Pushing the envelope : the Philadelphia plans, 1967-1969; title: Constructing affirmative action, 1970-1973; title: Conclusion : affirmative action and equal employment opportunity.