Contents xi
Fair Housing Act 592
Federal Housing Policy 597
Financial Deregulation, Housing, and the Great Recession 600
GI Bill 604
Lewis, John L., and the United Mine Workers of America 607
National Labor Relations Act 609
Nussbaum, Karen, and the Working Women’s Movement 614
Public and Subsidized Housing 616
Radicalism and the Labor Movement 624
Randolph, A. Philip, and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 629
Redlining 631
Residential Segregation 634
Restrictive Covenants 637
Right-to-Work Legislation 639
Special Education 643
STEM Education 645
Unions in the Entertainment Industry 648
Upper Middle Class, Emergence of (1870–1940) 652
Urban Redevelopment 658
Part 4: Health and the American Middle Class
Overview Essay 665
Health, Health Care, and the American Middle Class 665
Entries 673
Aging 673
Autism 676
Body Image Issues 681
Cancer 684
Death and Dying 687
Diabetes, Cost of 691
Diet 696
Down Syndrome 700