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Author:

Fernandez, Ronald.

Title:

America beyond black and white : how immigrants and fusions are helping us overcome the racial divide / Ronald Fernandez.

Publisher:

University of Michigan Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

viii, 285 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Race relations.
United States--Ethnic relations.
United States--Social aspects.--Social aspects.
Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.
Minorities--United States--Social conditions.
Racially-mixed people--United States--Social conditions.
Assimilation (Sociology)--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-276) and index.

Contents:

A historical opportunity : immigrants, fusions, and the reconfiguration of American culture -- Dead end : the white/black dichotomy -- Murals and Mexicans : Chicanos in the United States -- Asian Americans : non-European and nonwhite -- The other others : Indians and Arabs -- The Caribbean : Puerto Ricans, West Indians, Cubans -- The question marks : mixed-race Americans -- A heart transplant -- Epilogue : our fusion family.

Series:

Contemporary political and social issues

ISBN:

0472116096 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472116096 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007019355

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)