Us and Them? A History of Intolerance in America

Name: Us and Them? A History of Intolerance in America
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ISBN: 9780195131253

ISBN-10: 0195131258

ISBN-13: 9780195131253

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jim Carnes, Harry A. Blackmun, Herbert Tauss, Bridget Anderson

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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…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/8/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 10.79" wide x 8.39" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English