02964nam 2200673Ia 450 991045529010332120210629185509.01-282-32877-897866123287700-19-971014-7(CKB)1000000000807825(EBL)472301(OCoLC)502026366(SSID)ssj0000340680(PQKBManifestationID)11247544(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340680(PQKBWorkID)10387296(PQKB)10544254(MiAaPQ)EBC472301(Au-PeEL)EBL472301(CaPaEBR)ebr10346447(CaONFJC)MIL232877(EXLCZ)99100000000080782520081031d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMuslims in America[electronic resource] /Edward E. Curtis IVNew York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (165 p.)Religion in American LifeDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-536756-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; INDEXMuslims 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 professionalReligion in American LifeMuslimsUnited StatesHistoryMuslimsUnited StatesSocial conditionsIslamUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesEthnic relationsUnited StatesReligious life and customsElectronic books.MuslimsHistory.MuslimsSocial conditions.IslamHistory.297.0973305.6305.6/970973Curtis Edward E.IV,1970-923529MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455290103321Muslims in America2469575UNINA