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Discrimination, jobs, and politics : the struggle for equal employment opportunity in the United States since the New Deal

Challenging conventional wisdom on the genesis of civil rights legislation in the US, this study seeks to advance our knowledge of the post-New Deal civil rights debates. It uses empirical, quantitative data to show the impact of public opinion and political leadership on civil rights legislation.
Print Book, English, 1997
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997
History
248 pages.
9780226081366, 0226081362
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