You are not American : citizenship stripping from Dred Scott to the dreamers / Amanda Frost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frost, Amanda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--United States--History.

Citizenship.

United States.

History.

Civil rights--United States--History.

Civil rights.

Political culture--United States--History.

Political culture.

Scott, Dred, 1809-1858.

Scott, Dred.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Frost explores how the United States' concept of citizenship and the rights of citizens has evolved, and especially how it has been challenged"-- Provided by publisher.

The Supreme Court’s rejection of Black citizenship in Dred Scott was among the first and most notorious examples of citizenship stripping. Over the last two centuries, the US government has revoked citizenship to cast out its unwanted, suppress dissent, and deny civil rights to all considered "un-American" whether due to their race, ethnicity, marriage partner, or beliefs. Frost exposes a hidden history of discrimination and xenophobia that continues to this day. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Citizen Slave

ch. 2 Confederate Citizen

ch. 3 Birthright Citizen

ch. 4 Citizen Suffragist

ch. 5 Citizen Stateswoman

ch. 6 Blut Citizen

ch. 7 Suspect Citizen

ch. 8 Expelled Citizen

ch. 9 Twenty-First-Century Citizen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (199-232) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Frost, Amanda. You are not American

ISBN:

9780807051429

080705142X

OCLC:

1164826057

Publisher Number:

99986763765