D. Michael Bottoms
An aristocracy of color
D. Michael Bottoms · 2013
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As historian D. Michael Bottoms shows in An Aristocracy of Color, many white Californians saw in this and other Reconstruction legislation a threat to the fragile racial hierarchy they had imposed on the state's legal system during the 1850s. But nonwhite Californians -- blacks and Chinese in particular -- recognized an unprecedented opportunity to reshape the state's race relations. Drawing on court records, political debates, and eyewitness accounts, Bottoms brings to life the monumental battle that followed.
Book details
- Year
- 2013
- Language
- English
- Series
- Race and culture in the American West -- v. 5
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 274
- ISBN
- 9780806143354
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