This Was America, 1865-1965 - Unequal Citizens in the Segregated Republic

By examining Jewish experiences between the American Civil War and the African American Civil Rights Revolution, this book focuses on citizens who usually spent their daily lives in black and white "peoplehoods."

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Part One: Republican Ethnicking
1. Veritas
2. Races
3. Promised Lands by Religion
4. Ethnicking
5. Profiling
6. Peoplehood Citizens
Part Two: Republican Discipline
7. Safeguarding the Public Square
8. Screening and Quarantines
9. At Work in Danzig
10. Nationalizing Secular Peoplehoods
11. Battling Citizens
12. Bending Hierarchies
Part Three: Last Words
13. Pasts in US
14. US in the Public Square
15. Ethnicking in Plain Sight
Epilogue

About the author

Gerd Korman is an American historian, Professor emeritus at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. In his years of teaching, in his books and articles, he has made original contributions in the field of Euro-American history; it now includes the Holocaust.

Summary

By examining Jewish experiences between the American Civil War and the African American Civil Rights Revolution, this book focuses on citizens who usually spent their daily lives in black and white “peoplehoods.”

Product details

• Authors: Gerd Korman
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.05.2022
• EAN: 9781644696378
• ISBN: 978-1-64469-637-8
• No. of pages: 340
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 41 g
• Series: North American Jewish Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; 20th Century, Jewish Studies, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Mixed heritage / mixed race groups or people, History of the Americas, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, North America (USA and Canada), Genocide & ethnic cleansing