Format:
1 online resource (1023 pages)
ISBN:
9780231508407
Content:
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 blackwhite 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. Selections include Powhatan to John Smith, 1609 Thomas Jefferson"Notes on the State of Virginia" Petition of the Trustees of Congregation Shearith Israel, 1811 Bessie Conway or, The Irish Girl in America German Society in Chicago, Annual Report, 18571858. "Mark Twain's Salutation to the Century" W. E. B. DuBois, "Of Our Spiritual
Content:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Ethnicity in Seventeenth-Century English America, 1600-1700, Carol Berkin -- 2. Ethnicity in Eighteenth-Century North America, 1701-1788, - Graham Russell Hodges -- 3. The Limits of Equality: Racial and Ethnic Tensions in the New Republic, 1789-1836, Marion R. Casey -- 4. Racial and Ethnic Identity in the United States, 1837-1877, by Michael Miller Topp -- 5. Race, Nation and Citizenship in Late Nineteenth-Century America, 1878-1900, by Mae M. Ngai -- 6. The Critical Period: Ethnic Emergence and Reaction, 1901-1929, by Andrew R. Heinze -- 7. Changing Racial Meanings: Race and Ethnicity in the United States, 1930-1964, by Thomas A. Guglielmo and Earl Lewis -- 8. Racial and Ethnic Relations in America: 1865-2000, by Timothy J. Meagher -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231119948
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780231119948
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=909077
