Gainesville. 2018. February 2018. University Press of Florida. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780813064536. 6 x 9. 298 pages. paperback. keywords: HISTORY/POLITICAL SCIENCE. DESCRIPTION - Explor[es] the paradoxical nature of racial politics in the postcivil rights period. Does us the service of detailing how different presidential administrations handled civil rights, complicating our understanding of the major themes that defined the era. - American Historical Review. Adds depth to our historical understanding of how various presidents and their administrations approached issues pertaining to the equal rights of black (and to a lesser extent, Hispanic) Americans in a number of institutional and legislative arenas. - Journal of American History. Expertly link[s] executive decision-making and electoral strategizing with the politics of civil rights. - Journal of American Studies. Examines the forward and backward movement of civil rights since the resurgence of conservative politics in 1968. Welcome and helpful. - Journal of Southern History. inventory #42083
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| Author bio | KENNETH OSGOOD, director of the McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs at the Colorado School of Mines, is coauthor of Selling War in the Media Age: The Presidency and Public Opinion in the American Century. DERRICK E. WHITE, visiting associate professor of history at Dartmouth College, is the author of The Challenge of Blackness: The Institute of the Black World and Political Activism in the 1970s. |
Osgood, Kenneth and White, Derrick E. (editors). Winning While Losing: Civil Rights, The Conservative Movement and the Presidency from Nixon to Obama
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