| American Heathens Contributor(s): Paddison, Joshua (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520289056 ISBN-13: 9780520289055 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Religion | Christianity - General |
| Series: Western Histories |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the 19th-century debate over whether the United States should be an explicitly Christian nation, California emerged as a central battleground. Racial groups that were perceived as godless and uncivilized were excluded from suffrage, and evangelism among Indians and the Chinese was seen as a politically incendiary act. Joshua Paddison sheds light on Reconstruction's impact on Indians and Asian Americans by illustrating how marginalized groups fought for a political voice, refuting racist assumptions with their lives, words, and faith. Reconstruction, he argues, was not merely a remaking of the South, but rather a multiracial and multiregional process of reimagining the nation. |