Winning while losing? : civil rights, the conservative movement, and the presidency from Nixon to Obama / / edited by Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White
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| Titolo: |
Winning while losing? : civil rights, the conservative movement, and the presidency from Nixon to Obama / / edited by Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White
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| Pubblicazione: | Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , [2014] |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 323.1196/073 |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Civil rights |
| African Americans - Social conditions | |
| Conservatism - United States | |
| Presidents - United States | |
| Racism - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Race relations Political aspects History 20th century |
| Altri autori: |
OsgoodKenneth Alan <1971->
WhiteDerrick E
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction. The paradox of success: civil rights and the presidency in a new era / Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White -- Zigs and zags: Richard Nixon and the new politics of race / John D. Skrentny -- African American civil rights and conservative mobilization in the Jimmy Carter years / Joseph Crespino and Asher Smith -- Ronald Reagan and the leadership conference on civil rights: battles won and wars lost / Mary Frances Berry -- Rebuilding institutions and redefining issues: the Reagan Justice Department and the reconstruction of rights / Richard L. Pacelle Jr -- Civil rights policymaking in the Clinton administration: in Reagan?s shadow / Robert C. Smith -- Old vinegar in a new bottle: vote denial in the 2000 presidential election and beyond / Charles L. Zelden -- George W. Bush, compassionate conservatism, and the limits of "racial realism" / Steven F. Lawson -- Civil rights and the first black president: Barack Obama and the politics of racial equality / Ronald W. Walters with Robert C. Smith -- Conclusion: more equal and less equal since the 1970s / Thomas Borstelmann. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Explores the relationship between race and the rise of conservativism in America and the political setbacks that remained in the way of attempts to remedy oppression and discrimination. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Winning while losing |
| ISBN: | 0-8130-4697-1 |
| 0-8130-4860-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807958303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Alan B. Larkin series on the American presidency.