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The American self and the long march to legal equality.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  21988260     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Legally, women, Native Americans, and African-Americans were defined by the American Constitution as inferior. The pragmatists gradually showed that all selves are equal. These ideas helped the minorities to attain nearly full legal status. But economic status is going in the other direction, toward inequality. It threatens to overcome the hard-won legal equality and make it meaningless.
Authors:
Norbert Wiley
Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences     Volume:  1234     ISSN:  1749-6632     ISO Abbreviation:  Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.     Publication Date:  2011 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-10-12     Completed Date:  2011-12-15     Revised Date:  2011-12-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7506858     Medline TA:  Ann N Y Acad Sci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  127-33     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
© 2011 New York Academy of Sciences.
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA. norbert@redshift.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
African Americans
Female
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Human Rights / history*,  legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Indians, North American
Jurisprudence / history*
Minority Groups
Self Concept*
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
Women

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