Working Toward Whiteness: - How America's Immigrants Became White-The Strange Journey from Ellis

Tells the story of how Ellis Island immigrants became accepted as cultural insiders in America. From ethnic slurs to racially restrictive covenants - the real estate agreements that ensured all-white neighbourhoods - this work explores the murky realities of race in twentieth-century America.

Product details

• Authors: David Roediger, David R Roediger, David R. Roediger
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.08.2006
• EAN: 9780465070749
• ISBN: 978-0-465-07074-9
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 202 mm x 21 mm
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs