Description
The inequalities that persist in America have deep historical roots. Evelyn Nakano Glenn untangles this complex history in a unique comparative regional study from the end of Reconstruction to the eve of World War II. During this era the country experienced enormous social and economic changes with the abolition of slavery, rapid territorial expansion, and massive immigration, and struggled over the meaning of free labor and the essence of citizenship as people who previously had been excluded sought the promise of economic freedom and full political rights.
About the Author
Evelyn Nakano Glenn is Professor Emeritus of Women’s Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Table of Contents
The inequalities that persist in America have deep historical roots. Evelyn Nakano Glenn untangles this complex history in a unique comparative regional study from the end of Reconstruction to the eve of World War II. During this era the country experienced enormous social and economic changes with the abolition of slavery, rapid territorial expansion, and massive immigration, and struggled over the meaning of free labor and the essence of citizenship as people who previously had been excluded sought the promise of economic freedom and full political rights.
About the Author
Evelyn Nakano Glenn is Professor Emeritus of Women’s Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Integrating Race and Gender
- 2. Citizenship: Universalism and Exclusion
- 3. Labor: Freedom and Coercion
- 4. Blacks and Whites in the South
- 5. Mexicans and Anglos in the Southwest
- 6. Japanese and Haoles in Hawaii
- 7. Understanding American Inequality
- Notes
- Index