Racial frontiers : Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans in western America, 1848-1890 / Arnoldo De León.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Histories of the American frontier.
Main Author: De León, Arnoldo, 1945-
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2002], ©2002.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Histories of the American frontier.
Subjects:
West (U.S.) > Ethnic relations.
Minorities > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Minorities > West (U.S.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
African Americans > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Chinese Americans > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Mexican Americans > West (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) > History > 1848-1860.
West (U.S.) > History > 1860-1890.
Physical Description:ix, 150 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Push-pull: leaving the troubled homeland
  • Citizens or outsiders?
  • Quasi-chattels, coolies, and peons
  • Customs of color
  • Identities.