ISBN:
9780674037977
Language:
English
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard University Press, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
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DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Minorities Legal status, laws, etc.
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Minorities Legal status, laws, etc.
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Race discrimination Law and legislation
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Race discrimination Law and legislation.
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Race discrimination Law and legislation
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology
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Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies.
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Culture and History of non-European Territories.
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Global History.
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History.
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Race relations.
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Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie.
Abstract:
Unearthing the legal history of racial identity, Gross’s book examines the paradoxical and often circular relationship of race and the perceived capacity for citizenship in American society.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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A Note on Terminology --
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Introduction --
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ONE. The Common Sense of Race --
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TWO. Performing Whiteness --
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THREE. Race as Association --
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FOUR. Citizenship of the "Little Races" --
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FIVE. Black Indian Identity in the Allotment Era --
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SIX. From Nation to Race in Hawai’i --
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SEVEN. Racial Science, Immigration, and the "White Races" --
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EIGHT. Mexican Americans and the "Caucasian Cloak" --
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Conclusion: The Common Sense of Race Today --
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Notes --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index.
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In English.
DOI:
10.4159/9780674037977
URL:
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674037977
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