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American Heathens
Joshua Paddison
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Description for American Heathens
Hardback. In the 19th-century debate over whether the United States should be an explicitly Christian nation, California emerged as a central battleground. This book sheds light on reconstruction's impact on Indians and Asian Americans by illustrating how groups fought for a political voice, refuting racist assumptions with their lives, words, and faith. Series: Western Histories. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; HRC; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 472.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Western Histories
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520289055
SKU
V9780520289055
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About Joshua Paddison
Joshua Paddison is an American Council of Learned Societies New Faculty Fellow in the American Studies Program and the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University.
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