Josselyn, John. Voyages to New England and Observations on Native Americans
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Department
History & Political Science
Abstract
BOOK ABSTRACT:
Divided into four volumes, Race and Ethnicity in America provides a complete overview of the history of racial and ethnic relations in America, from pre-contact to the present.
The five hundred years since Europeans made contact with the indigenous peoples of America have been dominated by racial and ethnic tensions. During the colonial period, from 1500 to 1776, slavery and servitude of whites, blacks, and Indians formed the foundation for race and ethnic relations. After the American Revolution, slavery, labor inequalities, and immigration led to racial and ethnic tensions; after the Civil War, labor inequalities, immigration, and the fight for civil rights dominated America's racial and ethnic experience. From the 1960s to the present, the unfulfilled promise of civil rights for all ethnic and racial groups in America has been the most important sociopolitical issue in America. Race and Ethnicity in America tells this story of the fight for equality in America. The first volume spans pre-contact to the American Revolution; the second, the American Revolution to the Civil War; the third, Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement; and the fourth, the Civil Rights Movement to the present. All volumes explore the culture, society, labor, war and politics, and cultural expressions of racial and ethnic groups.
First Page
106
Last Page
107
Publication Title
Race and Ethnicity in America: From Pre-contact to the Present, Vol. 1
Publisher
Greenwood
ISBN
9781440850967; 9781440850974
Recommended Citation
Michna, Gregory A. "Josselyn, John. Voyages to New England and Observations on Native Americans" in Race and Ethnicity in America: Pre-contact to the Present, Vol. 1, eds. Russell M. Lawson and Benjamin A. Lawson, 106-107. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood, 2019.