Extraordinary Racial Politics: Four Events in the Informal Constitution of the United States

by Fred Lee

Book Overview

Extraordinary racial politics rupture out of and reset everyday racial politics. In his cogent book, Fred Lee examines four unusual, episodic, and transformative moments in U.S. history: the 1830s-1840s southeastern Indian removals, the Japanese internment during World War II, the post-war civil rights movement, and the 1960s-1970s racial empowerment movements. Lee helps us connect these extraordinary events to both prior and subsequent everyday...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439915768
• ISBN13: 9781439915769
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"