| Description |
xxi, 991 pages : 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ethnicity in seventeenth-century English America, 1600-1700 / Carol Berkin -- Ethnicity in eighteenth-century North America, 1701-1788 / Graham Russell Hodges -- The limits of equality : racial and ethnic tensions in the new republic, 1789-1836 / Marion R. Casey -- Racial and ethnic identity in the United States, 1837-1877 / Michael Miller Topp -- Race, nation, and citizenship in late nineteenth-century America, 1878-1900 / Mae M. Ngai -- The critical period : ethnic emergence and reaction, 1901-1929 / Andrew R. Heinze -- Changing racial meanings : race and ethnicity in the United States, 1930-1964 / Thomas A. Guglielmo and Earl Lewis -- Racial and ethnic relations in America, 1965-2000 / Timothy J. Meagher. |
| Summary |
Publisher description: All historians would agree that America is a nation of nations. But what does that mean in terms of the issues that have moved and shaped us as a people? Contemporary concerns such as bilingualism, incorporation/assimilation, dual identity, ethnic politics, quotas and affirmative action, residential segregation, and the volume of immigration resonate with a past that has confronted variations of these modern issues. The Columbia Documentary History of Race and Ethnicity in America, written and compiled by a highly respected team of American historians under the editorship of Ronald Bayor, illuminates the myriad ways in which immigration, racial, and ethnic histories have shaped the contours of contemporary American society. This invaluable resource documents all eras of the American past, including blackƯwhite interactions and the broad spectrum of American attitudes and reactions concerning Native Americans, Irish Catholics, Mexican Americans, Jewish Americans, and other groups. Each of the eight chronological chapters contains a survey essay, an annotated bibliography, and 20 to 30 related public and private primary source documents, including manifestos, speeches, court cases, letters, memoirs, and much more. From the 1655 petition of Jewish merchants regarding the admission of Jews to the New Netherlands colony to an interview with a Chinese American worker regarding a 1938 strike in San Francisco, documents are drawn from a variety of sources and allow students and others direct access to our past. |
| Subject |
United States -- Race relations -- History -- Sources.
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United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Bayor, Ronald H., 1944-
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| ISBN |
0231119941 alkaline paper |
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9780231119948 alkaline paper |
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0231114788 alkaline paper |
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9780231114783 alkaline paper |
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