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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816273503321

Autore

Curtis Edward E., IV, <1970->

Titolo

Muslims in America [[electronic resource] /] / Edward E. Curtis IV

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-774017-0

1-282-32877-8

9786612328770

0-19-971014-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 p.)

Collana

Religion in American Life

Disciplina

297.0973

305.6

305.6/970973

Soggetti

Muslims - United States - History

Muslims - United States - Social conditions

Islam - United States - History

United States Ethnic relations

United States Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE: Across the Black Atlantic: The First Muslims in North America; CHAPTER TWO: The First American Converts to Islam; CHAPTER THREE: Twentieth-Century Muslim Immigrants: From the Melting Pot to the Cold War; CHAPTER FOUR: Religious Awakenings of the Late Twentieth Century; CHAPTER FIVE: Muslim Americans after 9/11; CHRONOLOGY; FURTHER READING; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Muslims are neither new nor foreign to the United States. They have been a vital presence in North America since the 16th century. Muslims in America unearths their history, documenting the lives of African, Middle Eastern, South Asian, European, black, white, Hispanic and other Americans who have been followers of Islam. The book begins with the tale of Job Ben Solomon, a 18th century African American Muslim slave, and goes on to chart the stories of sodbusters in North Dakota, African



American converts to Islam in the 1920's, Muslim barkeepers in Toledo, the post-1965 wave of professional