Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in California


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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 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.

Author: Tomas Almaguer
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 12/30/2008
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780520257863
ISBN10: 0520257863
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General
- History | United States | State & Local | West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT

About the Author
Tomás Almaguer is Professor of Ethnic Studies and former Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University.