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Ira Katznelson
Ira Katznelson
Awards
Winner — Bancroft Prize, 2014
Books by Ira Katznelson
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
Paperback, 2006
A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action.
The Politics of Power: A Critical Introduction to American Government
Sixth Edition, Paperback, 2010
A book with a point of view.
Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
Paperback, 2014
“A powerful argument, swept along by Katznelson’s robust prose and the imposing scholarship that lies behind it.”—Kevin Boyle, New York Times Book Review
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
E Book, 2013
A groundbreaking work that exposes the twisted origins of affirmative action.
Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time
E Book, 2013
“A powerful argument, swept along by Katznelson’s robust prose and the imposing scholarship that lies behind it.”—Kevin Boyle, New York Times Book Review
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
Paperback, 2023
The ground-breaking, “provocative” ( The New York Times Book Review) work that exposed the racially discriminatory precursors of affirmative action, now updated with a new introduction