A Pro-Slavery Crusade : The Agitation to Reopen the African Slave Trade

Takaki, Ronald T.

Business & Money

Free Press

A pathbreaking work by one of the leading scholars in the field, Iron Cages provides a unique comparative analysis of white attitudes toward Asians, Blacks, Mexicans, and Native Americans in the nineteenth century, offering a cohesive study of the foundations of race and culture in America. With a new epilogue that assesses the prospect for race relations in contemporary American society, Iron Cages is important reading for anyone interested in the history of race relations in America. In his provocative new epilogue, "The Fourth Iron Cage," Takaki focuses on race in contemporary society within the context of America's nuclear arms-oriented ceconomy. He compares the Asian-American "model minority" and the black underclass, and extends his analysis to Native Americans, Chicanos, and Puerto Ricans.

Iron Cages: Race and Culture in 19th-Century America

History

Oxford University Press

1992 has been an explosive year for racial relations in the United States--from the reactions to the Rodney King verdict to debate about Malcolm X and the film portrayal of his role in American history. What relations do the recent events in Los Angeles have to the Watts Riots in 1965? Violence in the Black Imagination shows that these recent events force us to understand the history of racism in America and its legacy of antagonism and violence. Ronald T. Takaki presents three short novels of major African-American leaders in the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the leading black abolitionist; Martin Delany, the father of black nationalism; and William Wells Brown, a pioneer of the black novel. The novels are accompanied by substantive essays which provide both biographical information on the author and explore the common theme of their work--the issue of black revolutionary violence in antebellum America. The work includes a new preface which examines the 1992 South Central Los Angeles racial explosion in relationship to Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the 1965 Watts Riot.

Violence in the Black Imagination: Essays and Documents

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Iron cages: Race and culture in nineteenth-century America

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Knopf: distributed by Random House

1992 has been an explosive year for racial relations in the United States--from the reactions to the Rodney King verdict to debate about Malcolm X and the film portrayal of his role in American history. What relations do the recent events in Los Angeles have to the Watts Riots in 1965? Violence in the Black Imagination shows that these recent events force us to understand the history of racism in America and its legacy of antagonism and violence. Ronald T. Takaki presents three short novels of major African-American leaders in the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the leading black abolitionist; Martin Delany, the father of black nationalism; and William Wells Brown, a pioneer of the black novel. The novels are accompanied by substantive essays which provide both biographical information on the author and explore the common theme of their work--the issue of black revolutionary violence in antebellum America. The work includes a new preface which examines the 1992 South Central Los Angeles racial explosion in relationship to Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and the 1965 Watts Riot.

Violence in the Black imagination: Essays and documents (New perspectives on Black America)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

PUTNAM

This important book: Iron Cages: Race and Culture in the 19th Century America is an eye opener. In this major study of race relations in the United States from the time of the American Revolution to the Spanish-American War, Professor Ronald Takaki has comparatively analyzed the domination of different racial groups. This new perspective has enabled him to explain how the removal of Indians from their lands and the expansion of slavery made possible the great economic growth of the first part of the century.

Iron Cages: Race and Culture in Nineteenth-century America

The Athlone Press

A history of the first wave of Asian immigration in America

Spacious Dreams: The First Wave of Asian Immigration (The Asian American Experience)

Children's Books

Chelsea House Pub

Describes the experiences of Chinese immigrants who took part in the California Gold Rush and the building of the transcontinental railroad

Journey to Gold Mountain: The Chinese in 19Th-Century America (The Asian American Experience)

Stefoff, Rebecca

Raising Cane: The World of Plantation Hawaii (Asian American Experience)

Looks at early Asian plantation workers in Hawaii, and discusses Hawaii's multicultural heritage

Science & Math

Technology

Spacious Dreams: The First Wave of Asian Immigration (Asian American Experience)

Teen & Young Adult

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