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

• Autore: Curtis Edward E., IV, <1970->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (165 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.0973; 305.6; 305.6/970973
• Soggetto topico: Muslims - United States - History; Muslims - United States - Social conditions; Islam - United States - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States Ethnic relations; United States Religious life and customs
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Muslims in America
• ISBN: 0-19-774017-0; 1-282-32877-8; 9786612328770; 0-19-971014-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816273503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion in American Life