The Presidency and the Politics of Racial Inequality: Nation-Keeping from 1831 to 1965

by Russell L. Riley

Book Overview

From the abolition of slavery to the civil rights movement one hundred years later, one of the primary characteristics of America's development as a nation has been the steady struggle for and expansion of the horizons of citizenship. Pivotal in any equal rights movement is the response of the White House: how the president addresses any such movement profoundly affects its chances for success. Russell L. Riley examines the logic of presidential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231107234
• ISBN13: 9780231107235
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"