Undermining race : ethnic identities in Arizona copper camps, 1880-1920 /

Undermining race : ethnic identities in Arizona copper camps, 1880-1920 /

Undermining Race rewrites the history of race, immigration, and labor in the copper industry in Arizona. The book focuses on the case of Italian immigrants in their relationships with Anglo, Mexican, and Spanish miners (and at times with blacks, Asian Americans, and Native Americans), requiring a re...

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Main Author: Martinelli, Phylis Cancilla
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Copper miners > Arizona > Social conditions > 19th century.
Copper miners > Arizona > Social conditions > 20th century.
Copper mines and mining > Arizona > History > 19th century.
Copper mines and mining > Arizona > History > 20th century.
Immigrants > Arizona > Social conditions > 19th century.
Immigrants > Arizona > Social conditions > 20th century.
Arizona > Ethnic relations.
Arizona > Race relations.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: Social Change in the West; 1. Arizona's Economic and Social Development: Courting Copper; 2. The Arizona Tango: The Arrival of EuroLatins-Italians and Spaniards; 3. Encountering the Sting of Racism: Micro- and Macro-Level Violence; 4. What's in a Name? Wop Alley or Canyon of Salé?; 5. Bisbee: The Whitest White Camp; 6. The Latin Camp: The Clifton-Morenci-Metcalf District; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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