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Subject(s)

• Ethnicity—History—United States [Browse]
• Minorities—History—United States [Browse]
• Immigrants—History—United States [Browse]

Summary note

Featuring essays by leading historians, this brief history is a timely introduction to the interrelated themes of race, ethnicity, and immigration in American history. The book is comprehensive both chronologically -- spanning from 1600 to 2000 and covering everything from the Trail of Tears to the Black Power movement -- and in terms of ethnic groups addressed: it examines not only the history of black-white relations in America, but also the experiences of Irish Catholics, Native Americans, Latinos, Jews, and many others.

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Language note

English

Contents

• Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Ethnicity in Seventeenth-Century English America, 1600-1700; 2. Ethnicity in Eighteenth-Century North America, 1701-1788; 3. The Limits of Equality: Racial and Ethnic Tensions in the New Republic, 1789-1836; 4. Racial and Ethnic Identity in the United States, 1837-1877; 5. Race, Nation, and Citizenship in Late Nineteenth-Century America, 1878-1900; 6. The Critical Period: Ethnic Emergence and Reaction, 1901-1929; 7. Changing Racial Meanings: Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1930-1964
• 8. Racial and Ethnic Relations in America, 1965-2000Conclusion; Contributors; Index

ISBN

0-231-50320-2

OCLC

213305950

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