{"product_id":"expanding-the-frontiers-of-civil-rights-michigan-1948-1968-paperback","title":"Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights: Michigan, 1948-1968 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSidney Fine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough historians have devoted a great deal of attention to the development of federal government policy regarding civil rights in the quarter century following World War II, little attention has been paid to the equally important developments at the state level. Few states underwent a more dramatic transformation with regard to civil rights than Michigan did. In 1948, the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights characterized the state of civil rights in Michigan as presenting \"an ugly picture.\" Twenty years later, Michigan was a leader among the states in civil rights legislation. \u003cem\u003e\"Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights\"\u003c\/em\u003e documents this important shift in state level policy and makes clear that civil rights in Michigan embraced not only blacks but women, the elderly, native Americans, migrant workers, and the physically handicapped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSidney Fine is the Andrew Dickson White Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Michigan. He is the author of many award-winning books including \u003ci\u003eAutomobile under the Blue Eagle: Labor, Management, and the Automobile Manufacturing Code\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSit-Down: The General Motors Strike of 1936-1937\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eViolence in the Model City: The Cavanaugh Administration, Race Relations, and the Detroit Riot of 1967\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 441\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130528469127,"sku":"9780814343289","price":41.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1a95418d295847f5541bb95761a5f566.webp?v=1732611635","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/expanding-the-frontiers-of-civil-rights-michigan-1948-1968-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}