The color of wealth : the story behind the U.S. racial wealth divide /

The color of wealth : the story behind the U.S. racial wealth divide / Racial wealth divide Meizhu Lui ... [et al.]. - New York : New Press : Distributed by W. W. Norton, 2006. - vii, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"United for a Fair Economy."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-316) and index.

Overview: the roots of the racial wealth divide -- Land rich, dirt poor: challenges to asset building in Native America -- Forged in blood: Black wealth injustice in the United States -- Neighbors and fences: Latinos in the United States -- The perils of being yellow: Asian Americans as perpetual foreigners -- Climbing the up escalator: white advantages in wealth accumulation -- Rainbow economics: closing the racial wealth divide.

1595580042 (pbk.) 9781595580047

2005057666

GBA606636 bnb

013360562 Uk


Wealth--United States.
Poverty--United States.
Income distribution--United States.
Equality--United States.
Racism--Economic aspects--United States.


United States--Race relations--Economic aspects.
United States--Social policy.

HC 110 / C719 2006

339.2/208900973