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Race Relations in America - A Reference Guide With Primary Documents

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Thomas J. Davis , Ph.D., J.D., teaches history and law at Arizona State University, Tempe. He is the author of A Rumor of Revolt: The Great Negro Plot in Colonial New York , which the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America prized as one of the outstanding books of 1985 on race relations. He is also author of numerous articles on race and law and co-author of Africans in the Americas: A History of the Black Diaspora . Klappentext A comprehensive look at urban schools, using history as a lens for coming to grips with present-day social, political, legal, and economic realities reflected in our urban education system.A narrative overview of each event, expert analysis, the text of primary sources contemporary to the time of the event, and ready reference materials will help both high school and college students to understand how race has affected the country. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Randall M. Miller Preface Chronology of Events Introduction Constituting the Republic: Who Counted as What Trail of Tears: Indian Removal from East to West Nat's Rebellion: The War Over Slavery Begins War With Mexico: Race, Borders, and Manifest Destiny Civil War: Slavery and Emancipation in Black and White After Slavery? Reconstruction and Segregation Geronimo: Ending the Indian Wars Yellow Peril: Anti-Asian Animus from Exclusion to Internment From Nadir to New Negro: Segregation, Migration, and the New Deal "To Secure These Rights": From Desegregation to Long, Hot Summers Wounded Knee Again: The New Indian, Reservations, and Casinos Affirmative Action and "Reverse Discrimination" Backlash Race on Trial in the 1990s At the Border Again? New Immigrants and Old Worries From Teheran to Baghdad: Facing Race with Arabs and Muslims

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Authors Thomas J. Davis
Publisher Greenwood Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.03.2006
 
EAN 9780313311154
ISBN 978-0-313-31115-4
No. of pages 301
Dimensions 184 mm x 260 mm x 25 mm
Series Major Issues in American Histo
Major Issues in American History
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

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