American Heathens (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520289055)

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 nation.

Author: Joshua Paddison
ISBN-10: 0520289056
ISBN-13: 9780520289055
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2012
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d