economic conditions

The movement for African American equality set in historical perspective.

Explores how women in America responded to contemporary issues and conflicts that shaped the country from 1980 through the first decade of the twenty-first century.

Explores how women's roles in society changed from 1938 to 1960, discussing how the war forced women out of the home and into factories and businesses, making them more independent and powerful and explaining how they maintained that power in the post-war era.

A collection of articles that defines the Hispanic American community, their regional, linguistic, and ethnic variations, controversy over undocumented workers, and their political and economic influence in America.

Presents a collection of sixteen essays that debate the pros and cons to Indian gaming, and discusses whether or not casinos have helped Native Americans, the avoidance of government regulations,and the effect upon tribal economy.

Depicts the lives of three streetwise brothers in Springfield, Massachusetts, over the course of an eighteen-year study that included interviews with their families and associates and followed their experiences with drugs, gangs, recovery, low-wage work, and fatherhood.

Presents an examination of the economic problems facing young people aged 18-35, providing the author's view that young Americans are hampered by low wages, high taxes, student loans, and other factors.

Examines some of the reasons why people in their twenties and thirties often struggle to attain economic independence, focusing on the reality of student loans, as well as rising housing costs, credit card debt, depressed wages, and the high price of health and child care, and discusses actions the author believes the government should take to remedy the situation.

Examines the lives of the working poor in America--people who exist just barely beneath or a little above the federal government's official poverty line, and discusses the obstacles they face in trying to improve their circumstances.

Describes the jobs performed by African-Americans from slavery through the 1990s, discussing how the labor system has assigned certain groups to certain kinds of jobs, and how this system has created racism that remains the moral burden of America's history.