The Resource The Fifth Freedom : Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972
The Fifth Freedom : Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972
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The item The Fifth Freedom : Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972 represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Where did affirmative action in employment come from? The conventional wisdom is that it was instituted during the Johnson and Nixon years through the backroom machinations of federal bureaucrats and judges. The Fifth Freedom presents a new perspective, tracing the roots of the policy to partisan conflicts over fair employment practices (FEP) legislation from the 1940s to the 1970s. Drawing on untapped sources, Anthony Chen chronicles the ironic, forgotten role played by American conservatives in the development of affirmative action. Decades before affirmative action began making headlines, m
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (424 pages).
- Contents
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- List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. On the Origins of Affirmative Action: Puzzles and Perspectives; 2. The Strange Career of Fair Employment Practices in National Politics and Policy, 1941-1960; 3. Experimenting with Civil Rights: The Politics of Ives-Quinn in New York State, 1941-1945; 4. Laboratories of Democracy? The Unsteady March of Fair Employment in the States, 1945-1964; 5. I Have a Dream Deferred: The Fall of Fair Employmentand the Rise of Affirmative Action; 6. Conclusions and Implications; Appendix
- Isbn
- 9780691139531
- Label
- The Fifth Freedom : Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972
- Title
- The Fifth Freedom
- Title remainder
- Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972
- Subject
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- Affirmative action programs
- Affirmative action programs -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Employment
- African Americans -- Employment | History -- 20th century
- Discrimination in employment -- Government policy
- Discrimination in employment -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- History
- LAW -- Labor & Employment
- United States
- 1900-1999
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Where did affirmative action in employment come from? The conventional wisdom is that it was instituted during the Johnson and Nixon years through the backroom machinations of federal bureaucrats and judges. The Fifth Freedom presents a new perspective, tracing the roots of the policy to partisan conflicts over fair employment practices (FEP) legislation from the 1940s to the 1970s. Drawing on untapped sources, Anthony Chen chronicles the ironic, forgotten role played by American conservatives in the development of affirmative action. Decades before affirmative action began making headlines, m
- Cataloging source
- MERUC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1972-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chen, Anthony S.
- Dewey number
- 344.7301133
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HF5549.5.A34
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Princeton Studies in American Politics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Affirmative action programs
- Discrimination in employment
- African Americans
- LAW
- Affirmative action programs
- African Americans
- Discrimination in employment
- United States
- Label
- The Fifth Freedom : Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. On the Origins of Affirmative Action: Puzzles and Perspectives; 2. The Strange Career of Fair Employment Practices in National Politics and Policy, 1941-1960; 3. Experimenting with Civil Rights: The Politics of Ives-Quinn in New York State, 1941-1945; 4. Laboratories of Democracy? The Unsteady March of Fair Employment in the States, 1945-1964; 5. I Have a Dream Deferred: The Fall of Fair Employmentand the Rise of Affirmative Action; 6. Conclusions and Implications; Appendix
- Control code
- 700686861
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (424 pages).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780691139531
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt49f
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)700686861
- Label
- The Fifth Freedom : Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. On the Origins of Affirmative Action: Puzzles and Perspectives; 2. The Strange Career of Fair Employment Practices in National Politics and Policy, 1941-1960; 3. Experimenting with Civil Rights: The Politics of Ives-Quinn in New York State, 1941-1945; 4. Laboratories of Democracy? The Unsteady March of Fair Employment in the States, 1945-1964; 5. I Have a Dream Deferred: The Fall of Fair Employmentand the Rise of Affirmative Action; 6. Conclusions and Implications; Appendix
- Control code
- 700686861
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (424 pages).
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780691139531
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttt49f
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)700686861
Subject
- Affirmative action programs
- Affirmative action programs -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Employment
- African Americans -- Employment | History -- 20th century
- Discrimination in employment -- Government policy
- Discrimination in employment -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- History
- LAW -- Labor & Employment
- United States
- 1900-1999
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