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Racial Frontiers: Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans in Western America, 1848-1891 (Histories of the American Frontier Series)
Arnoldo de León
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Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 315.
Once neglected, racial minorities are now the focus of intense interest among historians of the American West, who have come to recognise the roles of African American, Chinese, and Mexican people in shaping the frontier. Racial Frontiers is both a highly original work, particularly in its emphasis on racial minority women, and a masterful synthesis of the literature in this young field. De Leon depicts a US West populated by settlers anticipating opportunities for upward mobility, jockeying for position as they adapted to new surroundings, and adjusting to new political and economic systems. Minority groups discarded unworkable political traditions that ... Read more
Once neglected, racial minorities are now the focus of intense interest among historians of the American West, who have come to recognise the roles of African American, Chinese, and Mexican people in shaping the frontier. Racial Frontiers is both a highly original work, particularly in its emphasis on racial minority women, and a masterful synthesis of the literature in this young field. De Leon depicts a US West populated by settlers anticipating opportunities for upward mobility, jockeying for position as they adapted to new surroundings, and adjusting to new political and economic systems. Minority groups discarded unworkable political traditions that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
150
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826322722
SKU
V9780826322722
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