Racial frontiers : Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans in western America, 1848-1890 /

Both a synthesis of the recent literature and an explanation of what happened when distinctly identifiable races interacted on the frontier

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: De León, Arnoldo, 1945-, De León, Arnoldo, 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2002], ©2002
Albuquerque : c2002
Albuquerque : ©2002
Albuquerque : [2002]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Histories of the American frontier
Histories of the American frontier
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Push-pull: leaving the troubled homeland
  • Citizens or outsiders?
  • Quasi-chattels, coolies, and peons
  • Customs of color
  • Identities
  • Ch. 1 Push-Pull: Leaving the Troubled Homeland
  • Ch. 2. Citizens or Outsiders?
  • Ch. 3. Quasi-Chattels, Coolies, and Peons
  • Ch. 4. Customs of Color
  • Ch. 5. Identities
  • Epilogue: The Racial Frontier.