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Race Relations in America A Reference Guide with Primary Documents
Book Code: GR1115
ISBN: 0-313-31115-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31115-4
336 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/30/2006
List Price: $75.00 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)
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Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 7 x 10
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Controversy persists as to whether or not race is a scientific fact; Davis points out, nonetheless, that "race has persisted as a historical fact, constructed with cultural and social norms." This admirable work thus appropriately addresses those racial groups that have been the most pronounced in the American experience: African, Asian, Mexican, Native, and Arab Americans....Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers.
    —Choice
    December 2006
  • [A]s a first bite into real history, history in the making, the book is excellent... Recommended for all students of US history, and everybody else!
    —Reference Reviews
    March 2007
  • For those students whose teachers require primary sources, this book will be a major asset....This title should be in high school or college library collections as a valuable source of information for analysis and debate on American racial issues. Recommended.
    —Library Media Connection
    January 2007
  • Any college-level collection strong in American history and social studies must have Race Relations in America: A Reference Guide with Primary Documents....Source material passages - some several pages in length - accompanied by an annotated research guide of books and web sites make for a winning presentation certain to have long-lasting lending value.
    —MBR California Bookwatch
    June 2006
  • [R]ace Relations in America, by Thomas J. Davis, is a study of racism in the United States. More than 90 primary documents offer evidence of how race has affected and shaped our country throughout its history. Key events are presented with narrative overviews, expert analyses, the texts of primary sources contemporary to the time of each event, and ready reference materials to help high school and college students understand how race has affected the country....Students will learn how racism has remained prevelent to the present day, from the framing of the Constitution to the displacement of American Indians, The Civil War, and such current conflicts as the war on terrorism, anti-immigrant sentiments, and opposition to casinos on Native American reservations.
    —Library Media Connection
    February 2006/March 2006
Description: America has struggled with racial issues since its birth centuries ago. In this pivotal study of racism in the United States, over 90 primary documents provide compelling evidence of how race has affected and shaped our country throughout the years. A narrative overview of each event, expert analysis, the text of primary sources contemporary to the time of the event, and ready reference materials will help both high school and college students to understand how race has affected the country. From the framing of the Constitution to the removal of American Indians and the Civil War, students will learn how racism is prevalent even in today's society, be it in the war on terrorism, anti-immigrant feelings, or views against casinos on Native American reservations. Documents include excerpts from speeches, letters, pamphlets, books, essays, newspaper, magazine, and journal articles, government reports, congressional debates, laws, and court decisions. This detailed work includes an overview of racism in America, and is then followed by compelling and revealing primary documents that help to illustrate 15 key events in history. These events include:
  • Constructing the Constitution
  • Indian removal from east to west
  • Nat Turner's rebellion
  • War with Mexico
  • The Civil War
  • Reconstruction and post-Civil War
  • The end of the Indian Wars
  • Anti-Asian internment
  • Segregation and the New Deal
  • Desegregation
  • Casinos on Indian reservations
  • Affirmative Action
  • Race on Trial
  • New immigrants today
  • And the war on terrorism
    Each section concludes with suggested readings and Web sites. The work is fully indexed.
  • Table of Contents:
    • Foreword by Randall M. Miller
    • Preface
    • Chronology of Events
    • Introduction
    • Constituting the Republic: Who Counted as What
    • Trail of Tears: Indian Removal from East to West
    • Nat's Rebellion: The War Over Slavery Begins
    • War With Mexico: Race, Borders, and Manifest Destiny
    • Civil War: Slavery and Emancipation in Black and White
    • After Slavery? Reconstruction and Segregation
    • Geronimo: Ending the Indian Wars
    • Yellow Peril: Anti-Asian Animus from Exclusion to Internment
    • From Nadir to New Negro: Segregation, Migration, and the New Deal
    • "To Secure These Rights": From Desegregation to Long, Hot Summers
    • Wounded Knee Again: The New Indian, Reservations, and Casinos
    • Affirmative Action and "Reverse Discrimination" Backlash
    • Race on Trial in the 1990s
    • At the Border Again? New Immigrants and Old Worries
    • From Teheran to Baghdad: Facing Race with Arabs and Muslims
    LC Card Number: 2005025450
    LCC Class: E184
    Dewey Class: 305
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