Black and white Manhattan : the history of racial formation in colonial New York City / / Thelma Wills Foote

• Autore: Foote Thelma Wills <1956->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.8/009747/1
• Soggetto topico: Slavery - New York (State) - New York - History; African Americans - New York (State) - New York - History; Racism - New York (State) - New York - History
• Soggetto geografico: New York (N.Y.) Race relations; Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Race relations; New York (N.Y.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; New York (N.Y.) History Revolution, 1775-1783; Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-320) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction. "The Angel Would Like to Stay, Awaken the Dead, and Make Whole What Has Been Smashed": Awaking to History on Manhattan Island; Part I. From Frontier Outpost to Settler Colony: The Project of Colony Building on Manhattan Island; Part II. Racial Formation and the Art of Colonial Governance; Part III. Subaltern Insurgency and the Breakdown of Colonial Governance; Epilogue. "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" The Aporia of American Democracy and the Permanence of Racism; Appendix A: Elias Neau's Short Question-and-Answer Catechism; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Presenting a study of Dutch and English New York, this book demonstrates that racial domination was a key foundation of society and culture in the seaport community and examines the interrelationship of racial tensions and breakdowns in colonial governance.
• Titolo autorizzato: Black and white Manhattan
• ISBN: 0-19-987173-6; 1-4294-0026-9; 1-280-53391-9; 0-19-803703-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782089403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II