Solidarity blues Book

Contents

Acknowledgments
1. Gateway Blues
2. Race, Ethnicity, and the Cooperative Commonwealth
3. Southern Politics and the Unmaking of the American Left
4. Beyond the Left I: A New Deal for an Old Social Issue
5. Beyond the Left II: Making the Public Good
6. Memphis Diversities: Race, Class, Identity, and Popular Culture
7. Making Love in America Notes Bibliography Index

Tables

1.1. Unionization Rates (%) in Selected Countries, 1901-1961
1.2. Unionization Rates (%) in Selected Countries, 1970-1995
1.3. Dates of First Statutory Programs
1.4. Children, Elderly, and All Persons (%) Living in Poverty, by Country, 1979-1982
1.5. Effectiveness of Transfer Programs in Selected Countries
1.6. Portion of Population (%) Living in Poverty after Government Transfers, Mid-1980s
1.7. Demographic Variation in Selected Countries
1.8. Homogeneity Indicators for Selected Countries
1.9. Immigration to the United States, 1820-1989
1.10. Immigration to Canada, 1851-1981
1.11. American Population, by Race, 1790-1990
1.12. Population by Group in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles, 1999
2.1. Asian American Population in California, 1860-1890
2.2. Membership Totals, American Federation of Labor, 1897-1920
2.3. Membership Totals, American Federation of Labor, 1920-1933
2.4. Union Members (%) Voting for Democratic Presidential Candidates, 1956-1988
2.5. Unionization Rates in Canada and the United States, 1955-1994 (as a percentage of nonagricultural workers)
2.6. Service/Industrial Sector Ratios, Selected OECD Countries, 1963, 1973, and 1983
4.1. Shares of Aggregate Household Income (%) Received by Each Fifth and Top 5 Percent of Households, 1967-1993
4.2. Estimated Voting-Age Blacks (%) Registered in Eleven Southern States
5.1. Social Welfare Expenditures as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product and Total Government Expenditures, 1987 and 1995
5.2. American Health Care Cost Increases as Compared with Changes in Gross Domestic Product, 1929-1990
5.3. Share of Gross Domestic Product (%) Spent on Health Care, Selected OECD Countries, 1960-1991
5.4. Public/Private Health Care Spending Ratios in Selected Countries
5.5. Portion of Population (%) Covered by Public Health Care System, 1991
5.6. Comparative Life Expectancy and Infant Mortality, 1995
5.7. Children Immunized (%) against Three Major Diseases in the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Canada, 1990-1994
5.8. Comparative Costs of Health Care, 1993
5.9. Portion of Population Uninsured (%) in the United States, 1940-1998
5.10. Uninsured Nonelderly Residents (%) in the United States, by Ethnicity, 1979 and 1989
5.11. Electoral Turnout (%) for Selected Countries (for most recent election before end of year given)
5.12. Voters (%) Claiming to Have Participated in 1984 American Elections, by Race, Gender, Employment Status, Education, and Region
5.13. American Voter Turnout (%), 1840-1924
5.14. American Voter Turnout (%), 1928-1996
5.15. Reported Registration Rates in the American South, by Race, 1946-1992 (as % of population)
5.16. Portion of Population (%) That Reported Voting in Presidential Elections in the South, by Race, 1964-1992
7.1. Homicide Rates per 100,000 Population, Selected Countries, 1996
7.2. Ratio of Women's to Men's Hourly Earnings, Nonagricultural Workers (%), 1970 and 1990
7.3. Maternity Leave Provisions in Selected Countries, 1997
7.4. Poverty Rates in Selected Countries
7.5. Black Residents in Neighborhoods Where Average Black Resides (%), 1930 and 1970
7.6. Population in Levittown, New York, by Race, 1960-1990