ISBN:
0195165373
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0195088093
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (x, 334 p)
,
ill., maps
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24 cm
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Paralleltitel:
Print version Black and White Manhattan : The History of Racial Formation in Colonial New York City
DDC:
305.8/009747/1
Schlagwort(e):
Slavery History
;
African Americans History
;
Racism History
;
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) - Race relations
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Electronic books
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New York (N.Y.) History Revolution, 1775-1783
;
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) History
;
New York (N.Y.) Race relations
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Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) Race relations
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New York (N.Y.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Kurzfassung:
Presenting a study of Dutch and English New York, this book demonstrates that racial domination was a key foundation of society and culture in the seaport community and examines the interrelationship of racial tensions and breakdowns in colonial governance
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Contents; Introduction. "The Angel Would Like to Stay, Awaken the Dead, and Make Whole What Has Been Smashed": Awaking to History on Manhattan Island; Part I. From Frontier Outpost to Settler Colony: The Project of Colony Building on Manhattan Island; Part II. Racial Formation and the Art of Colonial Governance; Part III. Subaltern Insurgency and the Breakdown of Colonial Governance; Epilogue. "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" The Aporia of American Democracy and the Permanence of Racism; Appendix A: Elias Neau's Short Question-and-Answer Catechism; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-320) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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