An aristocracy of color

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.

שנה

2013

שפה

English

סדרה

Race and culture in the American West -- v. 5

הוצאה

University of Oklahoma Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

274

ISBN

9780806143354

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata