LEADER 00000cam 2200661 i 4500 001 on1198218102 003 OCoLC 005 20210922142624.0 008 210316s2021 mau b 001 0 eng 010 2021012712 015 GBC1B3943|2bnb 016 7 020264805|2Uk 019 1263773387 020 9780807036297|q(hardcover) 020 0807036293|q(hardcover) 020 |z9780807036303|qelectronic book 024 8 40030675835 035 (OCoLC)1198218102|z(OCoLC)1263773387 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCO|dOCLCF|dOCL|dOCLCO|dUKMGB|dIHV |dVP@|dYDX|dILC|dYUS|dWIO|dJPL|dJTH 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 049 GWVA 050 00 E175|b.D86 2021 082 00 305.800973|223 100 1 Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne,|d1938-|eauthor. 245 10 Not "a nation of immigrants" :|bsettler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of erasure and exclusion / |cRoxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. 246 30 Settler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of erasure and exclusion 264 1 Boston :|bBeacon Press,|c[2021] 300 xxvii, 362 pages ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-340) and index. 505 0 Alexander Hamilton -- Settler colonialism -- Arrivants -- Continental imperialism -- Irish settling -- Americanizing Columbus -- "Yellow Peril" -- The border. 520 Whether in political debates or discussions about immigration around the kitchen table, many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly that we are a nation of immigrants. In this bold new book, historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this ideology is harmful and dishonest because it serves to mask and diminish the US's history of settler colonialism, genocide, white supremacy, slavery, and structural inequality, all of which we still grapple with today. She explains that the idea that we are living in a land of opportunity-- founded and built by immigrants--was a convenient response by the ruling class and its brain trust to the 1960s demands for decolonialization, justice, reparations, and social equality. Moreover, Dunbar-Ortiz charges that this feel good--but inaccurate--story promotes a benign narrative of progress, obscuring that the country was founded in violence as a settler state, and imperialist since its inception. While some of us are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, others are descendants of white settlers who arrived as colonizers to displace those who were here since time immemorial, and still others are descendants of those who were kidnapped and forced here against their will. This paradigm shifting new book charges that we need to stop believing and perpetuating this simplistic and ahistorical idea and embrace the real (and often horrific) history of the United States. 650 0 Immigrants|zUnited States|xHistoriography. 650 0 Settler colonialism|zUnited States. 650 0 White people|xRace identity|zUnited States|xHistory. 650 7 Settler colonialism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst02025744 650 7 Emigration and immigration|xHistoriography.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01352896 650 7 Ethnic relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00916005 650 7 Historiography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00958221 650 7 Immigrants|xHistoriography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00967740 650 7 Race relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01086509 650 7 White people|xRace identity.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01174825 651 0 United States|xHistoriography. 651 0 United States|xEmigration and immigration|xHistoriography. 651 0 United States|xRace relations|xHistory. 651 0 United States|xEthnic relations|xHistory. 651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iOnline version:|aDunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, 1938-|tNot "a nation of immigrants"|dBoston : Beacon Press, [2021] |z9780807036303|w(DLC) 2021012713 914 MID.b26808663 994 C0|bGWV
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