Equal Protection: Rights and Liberties Under the Law (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781576078501)

An introductory survey of the government's role in America's continuing drive for equality.

Today's lingering inequalities, particularly the "American dilemma" of racism, runs throughout U.S. history. Equal Protection provides readers with a historical overview of the controversies over the issue of equality, an understanding of how government-and, particularly, the courts and Congress-has reacted to these controversies, and the role these issues have played in shaping U.S. society.

This volume follows the push for equal treatment regardless of age, gender, disabilities, economic status, or sexual orientation. It focuses on legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, and political initiatives and movements such as The Great Society, the ERA, and the War on Poverty. Here are American's interpretations of equal rights, then and now.

Author: Francis Graham Lee
ISBN-10: 1576078507
ISBN-13: 9781576078501
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2003
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.08w x 1.07d

Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2004 pg. 280
School Library Journal 04/01/2004 pg. 96