Freedom Is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace

by Nancy MacLean

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In the 1950s, the exclusion of women and of black and Latino men from higher-paying jobs was so universal as to seem normal to most Americans. Today, diversity in the workforce is a point of pride. How did such a transformation come about? In this bold and groundbreaking work, Nancy MacLean shows how African-American and later Mexican-American civil rights activists and feminists concluded that freedom alone would not suffice: access to jobs at all...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674027493

ISBN13:9780674027497

Release Date:March 2008

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:496 Pages

Weight:1.75 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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20th Century Business Business & Finance Business & Investing Civil Rights Civil Rights & Liberties Economic History Economics History Labor & Industrial Relations

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