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Black ethnics : race, immigration, and the pursuit of the American dream / Christina M. Greer.
LIBRA E185.625 .G64 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greer, Christina M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Race identity.
- African Americans.
- Black people--Race identity--United States.
- Black people.
- African Americans--Attitudes.
- Black people--United States--Attitudes.
- African Americans--Employment.
- Black people--Employment--United States.
- African Americans--Relations with West Indians.
- African Americans--Relations with Africans.
- Labor unions--United States.
- Labor unions.
- Black people--Employment.
- Black people--Race identity.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- A theory of black elevated minority status
- "Where did you come from and what should I call you?": how a NYC labor union explains changing demographics
- Political participation and the socialization of Blacks into unions and the polity
- "You win some, you lose some": hard work and the Black pursuit of the American dream
- Union leadership and policy choices: trends in neutral and racial government policies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199989300
- 0199989303
- 9780199989317
- 0199989311
- OCLC:
- 819531696
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