Equality deferred
Subtitle: race, ethnicity, and immigration in America since 1945
By: James S. Olson.
Series: Wadsworth books on America since 1945
Publisher: Wadsworth/Thomson Learnng; Wadsworth/Thomson Learning
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Minorities -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Minorities -- Civil rights -- United States -- 20th century; Immigrants -- Civil rights -- United States -- 20th century; Ethnicity -- United States -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations; United States -- Ethnic relations; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-153) and index.
Table of contents: title: The age of innocence, 1945-1965; title: Ethnic America in 1945; title: The civil rights crusade; title: Welcoming refugees and ending quotas, 1945-1965; title: Rumblings of discontent, 1965-1980; title: Black and Hispanic militancy; title: Red power; title: Affirmative action, busing, and the disintegration of the civil rights movement; title: Old wounds, new injuries, 1981-2000; title: The new immigrants; title: The revolt of white ethnics; title: Ethnic America at the turn of the millennium.