Roediger, David R.
New York : Basic Books, c2005.
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Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-319) and index.
- 1. New immigrants, race, and ethnicity in the long early twentieth century — 2. Popular language, social practice, and the messiness of race — 3. The burden of proof rests with him : new immigrants and the structures of racial inbetweenness — 4. Inside the wail : new immigrant racial consciousness — 5. A vast amount of coercion : the ironies of immigration restriction — 6. Finding homes in an era of restriction — 7. new deal, an industrial union, and a White House : what the new immigrant got into — Afterword : the houses we’ve lived in and the workings of whiteness.
- From ethnic slurs to racially restrictive covenants – the racist real estate agreements that ensured all-white neighborhoods – Roediger explores the murky realities of race in twentieth-century America. Working Toward Whiteness charts the strange transformation of new immigrants into the white ethnics of America today – and into America’s cultural insiders. –BOOK JACKET.
Subjects:
- United States — Ethnic relations — History.
- Americanization.
- Whites — Race identity — United States.
- Working class — United States — History.
- Race discrimination — United States — History.
- United States — Emigration and immigration — Government policy.
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