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Ericksons making the unequal metropolis presents a broad, detailed, and damning argument about the inextricable interrelatedness of school policies and the persistence of metropolitanscale inequality. Stanford university economic historian gavin wrights clear, accessible, and deeply researched book argues persuasively, first, that it was civil rights laws and federal court decisions from brown v. Southern bus boycotts and lunch counter sitins were famous acts of civil disobedience but were also demands for jobs in the very services being denied blacks. Although historians have written a vast amount on the civil rights movement in the last few decades, the economic dimensions of the struggle have not received much rigorous analysis. The economics of the civil rights revolution in the american south, cambridge, ma. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading sharing the prize. The impact of civil rights on the economic status of blacks,journal. Gavin wright, author of a new book on the economics of. His thoracic surgical oncology training included overseas experience at memorial sloan kettering in new york. Associate professor gavin wright is a thoracic surgeon who completed his fellowship of the royal australasian college of surgeons in general surgery in 1997, then a second fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery in 2000. Gavin wright is part of stanford profiles, official site for faculty, postdocs, students and staff information expertise, bio, research, publications, and more. Southern bus boycotts and lunch counter sitins were famous acts of civil disobedience but were also demands for jobs in the very services.
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