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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777598303321

Autore

Bayor Ronald H. <1944->

Titolo

Race and Ethnicity in America [[electronic resource] ] : A Concise History

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-231-50320-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Disciplina

305.8/00973

Soggetti

Ethnicity -- United States -- History

Immigrants -- United States -- History

Minorities -- United States -- History

United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History

United States -- Ethnic relations

United States -- Race relations

Ethnicity - History - United States

Minorities - History - United States

Immigrants - History - United States

Ethnic & Race Studies

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Ethnicity in Seventeenth-Century English America, 1600-1700; 2. Ethnicity in Eighteenth-Century North America, 1701-1788; 3. The Limits of Equality: Racial and Ethnic Tensions in the New Republic, 1789-1836; 4. Racial and Ethnic Identity in the United States, 1837-1877; 5. Race, Nation, and Citizenship in Late Nineteenth-Century America, 1878-1900; 6. The Critical Period: Ethnic Emergence and Reaction, 1901-1929; 7. Changing Racial Meanings: Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1930-1964

8. Racial and Ethnic Relations in America, 1965-2000Conclusion; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Featuring essays by leading historians, this brief history is a timely



introduction to the interrelated themes of race, ethnicity, and immigration in American history. The book is comprehensive both chronologically -- spanning from 1600 to 2000 and covering everything from the Trail of Tears to the Black Power movement -- and in terms of ethnic groups addressed: it examines not only the history of black-white relations in America, but also the experiences of Irish Catholics, Native Americans, Latinos, Jews, and many others.