Working toward Whiteness : how America's immigrants became White : the strange journey from Ellis Island to the suburbs / David R. Roediger.

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 noteLittle-348226--305131054724Z
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-319) and index.
LCCN 2005357390
ISBN0465070736
ISBN9780465070732
ISBN0465070744 (pbk)
ISBN9780465070749 (pbk)

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Joyner General Stacks E184.A1 R644 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold