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After all the gains of the civil rights and women's movements, why are African Americans and women still faring poorly when it comes to wages, employment levels, and the distribution of jobs? Unlevel Playing Fields tackles this critical question by presenting two contrasting economic theories--neoclassical and political economy and showing how each theory explains discrimination and inequality in the labor market.

The second edition of this engaging volume has been revised and updated, and now includes more than 50 years of employment trends and data..
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This extraordinarily rich collection of primary sources charts the significant, intertwining histories of African Americans and sport. "The Unlevel Playing Field" contains more than one hundred documents on both pioneering and modern-day athletes, ranging chronologically from a challenge issued by prizefighter Tom Molineaux in the "London Times" in 1810 to contributions from commentators like Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Eldridge Cleaver, as well as contemporary observers such as Nikki Giovanni, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and bell hooks. Introductions and headnotes by David K. Wiggins and Patrick B. Miller place each document in context, shaping a compelling narrative. David K. Wiggins teaches sport history at George Mason University. He is the author of "Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America." Patrick B. Miller teaches history at Northeastern Illinois University. He is the editor of "The Sporting World of the Modern South." A volume in the series "Sport and Society", it is edited by Benjamin G. Rader and Randy Roberts..
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After all the gains of the civil rights and women's movements, why are black people and women still faring so poorly when it comes to wages, employment levels, and the distribution of jobs? Unlevel Playing Fields tackles this critical question by presenting two contrasting economic theories -- neoclassical and political economy -- and showing how each theory explains discrimination and inequality in the labor market. Each chapter concludes with discussion questions and suggested readings. The authors also offer some practical proposals for altering the status quo..
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Picaresque hero Patrick Mika Fitzgerald embarks on a physical and psychological train trip. He travels from Auckland to Dunedin in search of love, but along the way he encounters many things that he didn’t bargain on. Patrick Mika Fitzgerald’s journey is playful, outrageous and immense.

Michael O’Leary’s rhythmic prose, wordplay and multilingual puns provide a Maori-modernist take on Aotearoa New Zealand. Political and literary satiric jabs add feisty humor to the book’s exploration of the relationships between peoples; between New Zealand and elsewhere. Unlevel Crossings is a novel in the Irish-Maori tradition..
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