Not Like Us - Immigrants and Minorities in America, 1890-1924

In this analytical narrative, Mr. Daniels examines the conditions of immigrants, Native Americans, and African Americans between 1890 and 1924, the heyday of immigration and a time of supposed progress for American minorities.

List of contents

Prologue: Chinese Exclusion, 1882
Chapter 1: The United States in the Grey Nineties
Chapter 2: The Limits of Progressivism
Chapter 3: World War I and the Ambiguities of Nationalism
Chapter 4: Postwar Passions
Chapter 5: The Triumph of Nativism
Epilogue: Toward Equality

About the author

Roger Daniels is Charles Phelps Taft Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati and president of the Immigration History Society. His other books include The Politics of Prejudice; American Racism; Concentration Camps, USA; Asian Americans; and Prisoners Without Trial.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Daniels
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.1997
• EAN: 9781566631655
• ISBN: 978-1-56663-165-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 395 g
• Series: American Ways
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories