Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in CaliforniaThis book unravels the ethnic history of California since the late nineteenth-century Anglo-American conquest and the institutionalization of "white supremacy" in the state. Drawing from an array of primary and secondary sources, Tomás Almaguer weaves a detailed, disturbing portrait of ethnic, racial, and class relationships during this tumultuous time. A new preface looks at the invaluable contribution the book has made to our understanding of ethnicity and class in America and of the social construction of "race" in the Far West. This book unravels the ethnic history of California since the late nineteenth-century Anglo-American conquest and the institutionalization of "white supremacy" in the state. Drawing from an array of primary and secondary sources, Tomás Almaguer weaves a d |
Contents
| 17 | |
The True Significance of the Word White | 45 |
The Ravages of Time and the Intrusion of Modern American Civilization | 75 |
Before the March of Civilization He Must Give Way | 107 |
Unfit and Incapable of Being Associated with Whites on Any Terms of Equality | 131 |
They Can Be Hired in Masses They Can Be Managed and Controlled like Unthinking Slaves | 153 |
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