Broken Chains and Subverted Plans : Ethnicity, Race, and Commodities /

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"Using two case studies in the Virginia back country and the Midwestern frontier in Illinois, Fennell argues that individuals and their families were able to affect economic development and the plans of government and wealthy elites"--Provided by publisher

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fennell, Christopher (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social networks.
Racism.
Race relations.
German Americans > Ethnic identity.
Ethnic relations.
Elite (Social sciences)
Economic development > Social aspects.
Archaeology and history.
African Americans > Race identity.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Archeologie et histoire > États-Unis.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Reseaux sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Noirs americains > Identite ethnique > Illinois > Histoire.
Americains d'origine allemande > Identite ethnique > Virginie > Loudoun > Histoire.
Archaeology and history > United States.
Elite (Social sciences) > United States > History.
Economic development > Social aspects > United States > History.
Social networks > United States > History.
Racism > United States > History.
African Americans > Race identity > Illinois > History.
German Americans > Virginia > Loudoun County > Ethnic identity > History.
Virginia > Loudoun County.
United States.
Illinois.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire.
États-Unis > Relations interethniques > Histoire.
United States > Race relations > History.
United States > Ethnic relations > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Subversions, ethnic dynamics, and racism
  • Elite strategies, local networks
  • Part 1: Ethnicity and commodity chains in nineteenth-century Virginia
  • George Washington's great emporium
  • The testimony of merchants
  • Ethnic networks and a cultural landscape in the backcountry
  • Local archaeology and transatlantic competitions
  • Concluding observations: Ethnic networks in a Mid-Atlantic periphery
  • Part 2: Racism, land, and freedom in nineteenth-century Illinois
  • Overcoming enslavement with toil, gunpowder, and land
  • Racism's waste and resilient entrepreneurs
  • Surmounting adversities in the Land of Lincoln
  • Concluding observations: Understanding histories with concepts of race and ethnicity.

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