Racial frontiers : Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans in western America, 1848-1890 / Arnoldo De León.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De León, Arnoldo, 1945-

Series:

Histories of the American frontier

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans.

History.

Chinese Americans.

African Americans.

Minorities.

Social conditions.

West (U.S.)--Ethnic relations.

West (U.S.).

Minorities--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Minorities--West (U.S.)--Social conditions--19th century.

African Americans--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Chinese Americans--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Mexican Americans--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

West (U.S.)--History--1848-1860.

West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.

Physical Description:

ix, 150 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2002]

Summary:

Both a synthesis of the recent literature and an explanation of what happened when distinctly identifiable races interacted on the frontier.

Contents:

Push-pull: leaving the troubled homeland

Citizens or outsiders?

Quasi-chattels, coolies, and peons

Customs of color

Identities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-139) and index.

ISBN:

0826322719

0826322727

OCLC:

49029552