Passing for White - Race, Religion and the Healy Family, 1820-1920

The extraordinary saga of a mixed--race family in nineteenth--century America.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

James M. O'Toole is associate professor of history at Boston College and author of Militant and Triumphant: William Henry O'Connell and the Catholic Church in Boston, 1895-1944.

Zusammenfassung

The story of a mixed-race family in 19th century America, Michael Healy, a white Irish immigrant planter in Georgia; his African American slave and wife Eliza, and their nine children. Legally slaves these brothers and sisters were smuggled north prior to the Civil War to be educated.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: James O'Toole, James M O'Toole, James M. O'Toole
• Verlag: University Of Massachusetts Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.10.2003
• EAN: 9781558494176
• ISBN: 978-1-55849-417-6
• Seiten: 304
• Abmessung: 157 mm x 237 mm x 19 mm
• Gewicht: 534 g
• Illustration: 6 illustrations
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien