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Racial Propositions : Ballot Initiatives and the Making of Postwar California by Daniel Martinez HoSang (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-100520266668
ISBN-139780520266667
eBay Product ID (ePID)84355348
Product Key Features
Book TitleRacial Propositions : Ballot Initiatives and the Making of Postwar California
Number of Pages392 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Political Process / Campaigns & Elections, American Government / State, United States / General
Publication Year2010
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, History
AuthorDaniel Martinez Hosang
Book SeriesAmerican Crossroads Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight19.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-008921
Reviews"[An] important book. . . . Effectively challenges narratives that depict white supremacy as static and doomed to eradication by progress."-- American Historical Review, "Well-structured and crisply argued. . . . An important intellectual contribution."-- Western Historical Qtly, "An important read for understanding the future of race and politics in America."-- Southern California Quarterly, [An] important book. . . . Effectively challenges narratives that depict white supremacy as static and doomed to eradication by progress.
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number30
Dewey Decimal979.4053
Table Of ContentContents List of Illustrations Introduction: "Genteel Apartheid" 1. "We Have No Master Race": Racial Liberalism and Political Whiteness 2. "Racial and Religious Tolerance Are Highly Desirable Objectives": Fair Employment and the Vicissitudes of Tolerance, 1945-1960 3. "Get Back Your Rights!" Fair Housing and the Right to Discriminate, 1960-1972 4. "We Love All Kids": School Desegregation, Busing, and the Triumph of Racial Innocence, 1972-1982 5. "How Can You Help Unite California?" English Only and the Politics of Exclusion, 1982-1990 6. "They Keep Coming!" The Tangled Roots of Proposition 187 7. "Special Interests Hijacked the Civil Rights Movement": Affirmative Action and Bilingual Education on the Ballot, 1996-2 8. "Dare We Forget the Lessons of History?" Ward Connerly's Racial Privacy Initiative, 2001-2003 Conclusion: Blue State Racism Acknowledgments Notes Select Bibliography Index
SynopsisThis book looks beyond the headlines to uncover the controversial history of California's ballot measures over the past fifty years. As the rest of the U.S. watched, California voters banned public services for undocumented immigrants, repealed public affirmative action programs, and outlawed bilingual education, among other measures. Why did a state with a liberal political culture, an increasingly diverse populace, and a well-organized civil rights leadership roll back civil rights and anti-discrimination gains? Daniel Martinez HoSang finds that, contrary to popular perception, this phenomenon does not represent a new wave of "color-blind" policies, nor is a triumph of racial conservatism. Instead, in a book that goes beyond the conservative-liberal divide, HoSang uncovers surprising connections between the right and left that reveal how racial inequality has endured. Arguing that each of these measures was a proposition about the meaning of race and racism, his deft, convincing analysis ultimately recasts our understanding of the production of racial identity, inequality, and power in the postwar era.
LC Classification NumberF870.A1H67 2010
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