The Ethnic Dimension in American History is a thorough survey of the role that ethnicity has played in shaping the history of the United States.Considering ethnicity in terms of race, language, religion and national origin, this important text examines its effects on social relations, public policy and economic development.* A thorough survey of the role that ethnicity has played in shaping the history of the United States, including the effects of ethnicity on social relations, public policy and economic development* Includes histories of a wide range of ethnic groups including African Americans, Native Americans, Jews, Chinese, Europeans, Japanese, Muslims, Koreans, and Latinos* Examines the interaction of ethnic groups with one another and the dynamic processes of acculturation, modernization, and assimilation; as well as the history of immigration* Revised and updated material in the fourth edition reflects current thinking and recent history, bringing the story up to the present and including the impact of 9/11

Introduction 1Part I Worlds Collide: Indian People, Africans, and Europeans in Colonial America 71 The First Americans 172 The European Migrations 293 Ethnicity and Manifest Destiny 584 African Americans in the Early Years 92Conclusion: Ethnic America in 1890 113Part II Ethnic America in Transition, 1890-1945 1215 The Age of the New Immigrants 1286 American Jews 1517 Asian America, 1882-1945 1658 The Nativist Reaction 1799 Native Americans: The Assault on Tribalism 19110 Jim Crow and Ghettos: African Americans 20511 Mexican Americans 218Conclusion: Ethnic America in 1945 230Part III Change and Continuity in Ethnic America, 1945 to the Present 24112 The African Americans 24613 The Latino Mosaic 26314 Asian Americans in the Modern World 28215 The Newest Arrivals 29816 Native Americans in the Modern World 31417 White Ethnics in Modern America 329Conclusion: Ethnic America in 2010 345Selected Readings 357Index 364