The History of U.S. Ethnic Policy and Its Impact on European Ethnics

ISBN-13: 9780367308285 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 237 str.

John Lescott-Leszczynski

Opis

This book surveys the impact of specific legislation on ethnics, particularly European ethnics, from a historical perspective. It conveys the extent to which social change has been effected by ethnic policies and explores the ways in which U.S. ethnic policy develops and how it is challenged.

Spis treści

Introduction -- Ethnic Policy Through World War I -- Ethnic Policy Before and Following World War II -- Impact of the Civil Rights Movement on Ethnic America -- Ethnicity and Education Policy -- Ethnicity and Housing Policy -- Ethnicity and Employment and Business Development Policies -- Conclusions -- Affirmative Action in the 1980s: Dismantling the Process of Discrimination

O autorze

Dr. John Lescott-Leszczynski is a researcher with the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. His writings include Urbanization and Social Transformation in Polish Villages and a collection of oral histories of ethnics in Nevada.