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The ethnic dimension in American history / James S. Olson and Heather Olson Beal.

LIBRA E184.A1 O45 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Olson, James Stuart, 1946-
Contributor:
Beal, Heather Olson.
Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Minorities--United States--History.
Minorities.
United States.
History.
United States--Ethnic relations.
Ethnic relations.
United States--History.
Physical Description:
vi, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Edition:
Fourth edition.
Place of Publication:
Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Contents:
Worlds collide : Indian people, Africans, and Europeans in colonial America
The first Americans
The European migration
Ethnicity and manifest destiny
African Americans in the early years
Conclusion : ethnic America in 1890
Ethnic America in transition, 1890-1945
The new immigrants
American Jews
Asian Americans
The nativist reaction
Native Americans : the assault on tribalism
Jim Crow and ghettos : African Americans
The Mexican Americans
Conclusion : ethnic America in 1945
Change and continuity in ethnic America, 1945-present
Black power : the African Americans
The Hispanic mosaic
Asian Americans in the modern world
The newest arrivals
Native Americans in the modern world
White ethnics in modern America
Conclusion : ethnic America in 2010.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9781405182515
1405182512
OCLC:
459210699

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