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Author Almaguer, Tomás

Title Racial fault lines : the historical origins of white supremacy in California : with a new praface / Tomás Almaguer
Edition New ed
Published Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2009

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Description xvi, 281 pages ; 23 cm
Contents 1. "We desire only a white population in California" : the transformation of Mexican California in historical-sociological perspective -- pt. 1. Racial ambiguities, class realities, and "half civilized" Mexicans in Anglo California. 2. "The 3. "The ravages of time and the intrusion of modern American civilization" -- pt. 2. White civilization's crusade against the "devils of the forest". 4. "Before the march of civilization he must give way" -- 5. "Unfit and incapable of being associated with whites on any terms of equality" -- pt. 3. 6. "They can be hired in masses; they can be managed and controlled like unthinking slaves" -- 7. "In the hands of people whose experience has been only to obey a master rather than think and manage for themselves."
Notes Previous edition: 1994
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references ((pages 259-274)) and index
Subject White supremacy movements -- California -- History
Racism -- California -- History
SUBJECT California -- Race relations
Genre/Form History.
ISBN 9780520257863
0520257863