Working toward Whiteness : how America's immigrants became White : the strange journey from Ellis Island to the suburbs / David R. Roediger.
| Author/creator | Roediger, David R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Basic Books, ©2005. |
| Description | vi, 339 pages ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | How America's immigrants became white |
| Contents | New immigrants, race, and "ethnicity" in the long early twentieth century -- Popular language, social practice, and the messiness of race -- "The burden of proof rests with him" : new immigrants and the structures of racial inbetweenness -- Inside the wail : new immigrant racial consciousness -- "A vast amount of coercion" : the ironies of immigration restriction -- Finding homes in an era of restriction -- A 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. |
| Local note | Little-348226--305131054724Z |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-319) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005357390 |
| ISBN | 0465070736 |
| ISBN | 9780465070732 |
| ISBN | 0465070744 (pbk) |
| ISBN | 9780465070749 (pbk) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E184.A1 R644 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |