American Heathens

by Joshua Paddison

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520289056
• ISBN13: 9780520289055
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"