American while black : African Americans, immigration, and the limits of citizenship

American while black : African Americans, immigration, and the limits of citizenship / Niambi Michele Carter.

What has an expanded immigration regime meant for how blacks express national attachment? In this book, Niambi Michele Carter argues that immigration, both historically and in the contemporary moment, has served as a reminder of the limited inclusion of African Americans in the body politic. Blacks...

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Main Author: Carter, Niambi Michele, 1977- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, Inc., [2019]
Subjects:
African Americans > Ethnic relations.
African Americans > Attitudes.
Immigrants > United States > Ethnic relations.
African Americans > Race identity.
Nativism.
Public opinion > United States.
Race relations
Ethnic relations
African Americans > Attitudes
African Americans > Race identity
Emigration and immigration > Public opinion
Nativism
Public opinion
United States > Ethnic relations.
United States > Race relations.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Public opinion.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Lies, fairytales and fallacies : immigration and the complexity of black public opinion
  • Citizens first? African Americans as conflicted nativists
  • Emigrants, immigrants and refugees: immigration as a strategy for black liberation (1815-1862)
  • (Re)Remembering race : collective memory and racial hierarchy in the present
  • Conflicted nativism an emprical view
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B.

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