In the Shadow of Race - Jews, Latinos, and Immigrant Politics in the United States

Race in US has been associated with heredity and inequality. This book recovers the history of this distinction and divisive politics it engenders. It locates the origins of ethnicity in New York Zionist movement of the 1900s. It argues that Jewish activists identified as ethnics as a way of defending immigrant difference as distinct from race.

About the author

Victoria Hattam is associate professor of political science at the New School for Social Research.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Hattam, Hattam Victoria
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2007
• EAN: 9780226319223
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31922-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Ethnic Studies, United States of America, USA, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General