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In search of the racial frontier : African Americans in the American West, 1528-1990

Author: Quintard Taylor
Publisher: New York : Norton, ©1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Chronicles the role of African-Americans in the history of the American West from 1528 to 1990, discussing their experiences with racism, social relationships with other westerners, and the challenges of everyday life.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Quintard Taylor
ISBN: 0393041050 9780393041057
OCLC Number: 36884208
Description: 415 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Spanish Origins, 1528-1848 --
2. Slavery in the Antebellum West, 1835-65 --
3. Freedom in the Antebellum West, 1835-65 --
4. Reconstruction in the West, 1865-75 --
5. Migration and Settlement, 1875-1920 --
6. Buffalo Soldiers in the West, 1866-1917 --
7. The Black Urban West, 1870-1910 --
8. The Black Urban West, 1911-40 --
9. World War II and the Postwar Black West, 1941-50 --
10. The Civil Rights Movement in the West, 1950-70.
Responsibility: Quintard Taylor.

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Chronicles the role of African-Americans in the history of the American West from 1528 to 1990, discussing their experiences with racism, social relationships with other westerners, and the challenges of everyday life.

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