6 edition of Inequality in early America found in the catalog.
Published
1999
by University Press of New England in Hanover, NH
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
| Statement | Carla Gardina Pestana and Sharon V. Salinger, editors. |
| Series | Reencounters with colonialism--new perspectives on the Americas |
| Contributions | Pestana, Carla Gardina., Salinger, Sharon V. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | E188.5 .I54 1999 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 329 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 329 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL37684M |
| ISBN 10 | 0874519268, 0874519276 |
| LC Control Number | 99025050 |
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An early systematic attempt to chart the evolution of inequality in this country was undertaken by Simon Kuznets, at that time a professor at Johns Hopkins, who, in , published what turned out Author: Liaquat Ahamed. Inequality characterized African-American education from the moment the first slaves arrived in the American colonies in the 17th century. Even after , when the United States abolished slavery, the legal doctrine of "separate but equal," as enshrined by constitutional law, effectively excluded African-American students from mainstream, and superior, educational institutions.
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This book was designed as a collaborative effort to satisfy a long-felt need to pull together many important but separate inquiries into the nature and impact of inequality in colonial and revolutionary America.4/5(1).
Inequality in Early America. This book was designed as a collaborative effort to satisfy a long-felt need to pull together many important but separate inquiries into the nature and impact of inequality in colonial and revolutionary America.
It also honors the scholarship of Gary Nash, who has contributed much of the leading work in this field/5(4). This book was designed as a collaborative effort to satisfy a long-felt need to pull together many important but separate inquiries into the nature and impact of inequality in colonial and revolutionary America.
It also honors the scholarship of Gary Nash, who has contributed much of the leading Price: $ About the Electronic Publication. This electronic publication of Inequality in Early America was made possible with the permission of the author.
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