Black and white Manhattan : the history of racial formation in colonial New York City / Thelma Wills Foote.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foote, Thelma Wills, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--New York (State)--New York--History.

Slavery.

African Americans--New York (State)--New York--History.

African Americans.

Racism--New York (State)--New York--History.

Racism.

New York (N.Y.)--Race relations.

New York (N.Y.).

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Race relations.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

New York (N.Y.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presenting a study of Dutch and English New York, this book demonstrates that racial domination was a key foundation of society and culture in the seaport community and examines the interrelationship of racial tensions and breakdowns in colonial governance.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction. "The Angel Would Like to Stay, Awaken the Dead, and Make Whole What Has Been Smashed": Awaking to History on Manhattan Island; Part I. From Frontier Outpost to Settler Colony: The Project of Colony Building on Manhattan Island; Part II. Racial Formation and the Art of Colonial Governance; Part III. Subaltern Insurgency and the Breakdown of Colonial Governance; Epilogue. "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" The Aporia of American Democracy and the Permanence of Racism; Appendix A: Elias Neau's Short Question-and-Answer Catechism; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-320) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-987173-6

1-4294-0026-9

1-280-53391-9

0-19-803703-1

OCLC:

476025950