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The Ethnic Dimension in American History

ISBN: 9781405182515 | 1405182512
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date: 4/12/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
The Ethnic Dimension in American History is a thorough survey of the role that ethnicity has played in shaping the history of the United States. Considering ethnicity in the sense of race, language, religion and national origin, this important textbook examines the effects of ethnicity on social relations, public policy and economic development. Ethnic groups covered in the book include African Americans, Native Americans and Americans of varied backgrounds from across the globe including Jewish, Chinese, European, Japanese, Muslim, Korean, and... MORE
Introductionp. 1
Worlds Collide: Indian People, Africans, and Europeans in Colonial Americap. 7
The First Americansp. 17
The European Migrationsp. 29
Ethnicity and Manifest Destinyp. 58
African Americans in the Early Yearsp. 92
Conclusion: Ethnic America in 1890p. 113
Ethnic America in Transition, 1890-1945p. 121
The Age of t... MOREp. 128
American Jewsp. 151
Asian America, 1882-1945p. 165
The Nativist Reactionp. 179
Native Americans: The Assault on Tribalismp. 191
Jim Crow and Ghettos: African Americansp. 205
Mexican Americansp. 218
Conclusion: Ethnic America in 1945p. 230
Change and Continuity in Ethnic America, 1945 to the Presentp. 241
The African Americansp. 246
The Latino Mosaicp. 263
Asian Americans in the Modern Worldp. 282
The Newest Arrivalsp. 298
Native Americans in the Modern Worldp. 314
White Ethnics in Modern Americap. 329
Conclusion: Ethnic America in 2010p. 345
Selected Readingsp. 357
Indexp. 364
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James S. Olson is Distinguished Professor of History at Sam Houston State University, Texas, where he has been honored with the university's Excellence in Teaching and Excellence in Research Awards. He is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of over 30 books. His book Bathsheba's Breast: Women, Cancer, and History (2002) won the History of Science Category Award from the Association of American Publishers and was recognized by the Los Angeles Times as one of the best non-fiction books in America for 2002. Heather Olson Beal is Assistant Professor of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.


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