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



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Autore: Foote Thelma Wills <1956-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Black and white Manhattan : the history of racial formation in colonial New York City / / Thelma Wills Foote Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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
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