Us and Them
Subtitle: a history of intolerance in America
By: Jim Carnes ; preface by Justice Harry A. Blackmun ; illustrations by Herbert Tauss.
Contributors: Tauss, Herbert, ill.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 131
Subjects: Prejudices -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature; Fanaticism -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature; Prejudices; Toleration; Racism; United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature; United States -- Ethnic relations -- Juvenile literature
Description: Us and Them illuminates the dark corners of our nation's past and traces our ongoing efforts to live up to the American ideals of equality and justice. Fourteen case studies--enhanced through the use of original documents, historical photos, newly commissioned paintings, and dramatic narrative--bring readers a first-hand account of the history and psychology of intolerance. We read about Mary Dyer, executed for her Quaker faith in Boston in 1660. We learn how the Mormons were expelled from Missouri in 1838. The attack on Chinese miners in Wyoming in 1885, the battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, the Ku Klux Klan activities in Mobile, Alabama in 1981, and the Crown Heights riot in 1991 are among the memorable episodes presented in clear, evocative language that brings to life history that is often forgotten or slighted.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 129) and index.