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Making the Ask - - Bog - John Wiley & Sons Inc - Plusbog.dk

Why Do You Ask? - - Bog - Oxford University Press Inc - Plusbog.dk

1000 Ways to Ask Why - Emily Lequesne - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

To Ask for an Equal Chance - Cheryl Lynn Greenberg - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

To Ask for an Equal Chance - Cheryl Lynn Greenberg - Bog - Rowman & Littlefield - Plusbog.dk

The Great Depression hit Americans hard, but none harder than African Americans and the working poor. To Ask for an Equal Chance explores black experiences during this period and the intertwined challenges posed by race and class. "Last hired, first fired," black workers lost their jobs at twice the rate of whites, and faced greater obstacles in their search for economic security. Black workers, who were generally urban newcomers, impoverished and lacking industrial skills, were already at a disadvantage. These difficulties were intensified by an overt, and in the South legally entrenched, system of racial segregation and discrimination. New federal programs offered hope as they redefined government's responsibility for its citizens, but local implementation often proved racially discriminatory. As Cheryl Lynn Greenberg makes clear, African Americans were not passive victims of economic catastrophe or white racism; they responded to such challenges in a variety of political, social, and communal ways. The book explores both the external realities facing African Americans and individual and communal responses to them. While experiences varied depending on many factors including class, location, gender and community size, there are also unifying and overarching realities that applied universally. To Ask for an Equal Chance straddles the particular, with examinations of specific communities and experiences, and the general, with explorations of the broader effects of racism, discrimination, family, class, and political organizing.

DKK 450.00
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No Pardons to Ask, Nor Apologies to Make - - Bog - University of Tennessee Press - Plusbog.dk

No Pardons to Ask, Nor Apologies to Make - - Bog - University of Tennessee Press - Plusbog.dk

William Henry King began war service in 1862 in Louisiana and ended it in 1865 in Camden, Arkansas. During this period he chronicled action in the Trans-Mississippi theater, producing a diary that yields one of the most important accounts from a Confederate enlisted man.No Pardons to Ask, Nor Apologies to Make is a gritty look into the life of a soldier, with no romantic gloss. While most journals record the mundane day-to-dayroutine, King's consistently detailed entries-notable for their literary style, King's venomous wit, and his colorful descriptions-cover a wide array of matters pertaining to the Confederate experience in the West.King's observations about his superiors, the Confederacy, contraband, and the underreported Trans-Mississippi campaign are especially striking. Though his long service demonstrates a certain loyalty to the Confederate cause, he writes sharp criticisms of his superiors, of military discipline, and of contemporaneous social and class conditions. His discontent is rooted within a fiery sense of independence that conflicts with centralized authority, whether it takes the form of military, government, or class control.Few published diaries capture the tension and turmoil that existed in the Southern ranks or the class resentment that festered in some quarters of the Confederacy. No Pardons to Ask, Nor Apologies to Make makes an important contribution to understanding how class functioned in the Confederate command and also provides a much-needed account of action in the Trans-Mississippi theater, where the primary sources are extremely slim.

DKK 524.00
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Ask No Questions - Anne Marie Mooney Cotter - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Ask the Right Question - Luigi Bandini Buti - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk