
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
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ISBN-13: | 9780393347142 |
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Publisher: | Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. |
Publication date: | 03/04/2013 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | NOOK Book |
Pages: | 272 |
Sales rank: | 421,133 |
File size: | 963 KB |
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