Racial frontiers
Subtitle: Africans, Chinese, and Mexicans in western America, 1848-1890
By: Arnoldo De León.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Histories of the American frontier
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: 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.) -- Ethnic relations; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1848-1860; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-139) and index.
Table of contents: title: Push-pull : leaving the troubled homeland; title: Citizens or outsiders?; title: Quasi-chattels, coolies, and peons; title: Customs of color; title: Identities.