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In
The Changing Nature of Racial and Ethnic Conflict in United States History, Leslie Tischauser examines racial and ethnic violence throughout the history of the United States, from the arrival of Christopher Columbus, to the presidency of George W. Bush. Tischauser focuses on racial and ethnic violence independent of other historical themes. His aim is to provide discussion of an issue that many are normally reluctant to talk about- race and its impact on the development of American society. Many ethnic and racial groups are included in this study, from Native Americans, Spaniards, Hispanics, Aleuts, Asians, and Africans to Germans, Scotch-Irish, Irish, French Canadians and other European immigrants. According to Tischauser, viewing history from the point of view of what happened to these groups, over time, forces us to rethink the story of the American past, and what we think we know.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 3 The Spanish and the Indians: 1492-1848
Chapter 4 Indian-White Relations in North America: 1607-1851
Chapter 5 Slavery and Violence: 1619-1791
Chapter 6 A New Diversity in North America: 1607-1810
Chapter 7 From Slavery to Segregation: 1776-1896
Chapter 8 Racial Violence on the Frontier: 1800-1907
Chapter 9 Restricting Immigration: 1846-1929
Chapter 10 Violence in the Promised Land: 1900-1925
Chapter 11 Racial and Ethnic Injustice: 1925-1943
Chapter 12 The Attack on Segregation: 1943-1960
Chapter 13 The Challenge to Inequality: 1961-1968
Chapter 14 New Races and Renewed Violence: 1962-1990
Chapter 15 Beyond Race?
Chapter 16 Bibliography
Chapter 17 Index
About the author
Leslie V. Tischauser is Professor of History and Chair of the Department of Social Sciences, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, Illinois.
