Racism in the nation's service : government workers and the color line in Woodrow Wilson's America /
By 1920, promotions to well-paying federal jobs had nearly vanished for black workers. This book argues that the Wilson administration's successful 1913 drive to segregate the federal government was a pivotal episode in the age of progressive politics. It investigates how the enactment of this...
| Основен автор: | Yellin, Eric Steven, 1978- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
©2013.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=532720 |
Съдържание:
- No south to us: African American federal employees in republican Washington
- The spoils: politics and black mobility
- The sensibilities of the people: black politics in crisis
- A new racial regime, 1913-1917
- Democratic fair play: the Wilson administration in republican Washington
- Wilsonian praxis: racial discrimination in a progressive administration
- Resistance and friction: challenging and justifying Wilsonian praxis
- Republicans in the new regime, 1918-1929
- Creating normalcy: Washington after Wilson.