ISBN:
1595580042
,
9781595580047
Language:
English
Pages:
VII, 326 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
,
24cm
DDC:
339.2208900973
Keywords:
Vermögensverteilung
;
Ethnische Gruppe
;
Ethnische Diskriminierung
;
USA
;
Wealth United States
;
Poverty United States
;
Income distribution United States
;
Equality United States
;
Racism Economic aspects
;
United States
;
Wealth United States
;
Poverty United States
;
Income distribution United States
;
Equality United States
;
Racism Economic aspects
;
United States
;
United States Race relations
;
Economic aspects
;
United States Social policy
;
United States Race relations
;
Economic aspects
;
Bibliographie enthalten
;
Buch
;
Bibliographie enthalten
;
USA
;
Reichtum
;
Armut
;
Einkommensverteilung
;
Ethnische Beziehungen
;
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Description / Table of Contents:
Overview: the roots of the racial wealth divide -- Land rich, dirt poor: challenges to asset building in Native America -- Forged in blood: Black wealth injustice in the U.S. -- Neighbors and fences: Latinos in the U.S. -- The perils of being yellow: Asian Americans as perpetual foreigners -- Climbing the up escalator: white advantages in wealth accumulation -- Rainbow economics: closing the racial wealth divide.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-316) and index
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0614/2005057666.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0614/2005057666.html