An African American and Latinx history of the United States
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Boston : Beacon Press, [2018].
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9780807013106, 0807013102, 9780807005934, 0807005932
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Published
Boston : Beacon Press, [2018].
Format
Book
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xi, 276 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780807013106, 0807013102, 9780807005934, 0807005932

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history arguing that the "Global South" was crucial to the development of America as we know it. Ortiz challenges the notion of westward progress, as exalted by widely taught formulations such as "manifest destiny" and "Jacksonian democracy," and shows how placing African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices unapologetically front and center transforms American history into the story of the working class organizing against imperialism. In precise detail, Ortiz traces this untold history from the Jim Crow-esque racial segregation of the Southwest, the rise and violent fall of a powerful tradition of Mexican labor organizing in the twentieth century, to May 1, 2006, International Workers' Day, when migrant laborers--Chicana/os, Afro-Cubanos, and immigrants from nearly every continent on earth--united in resistance on the first "Day Without Immigrants." An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a bottom-up history told from the viewpoint of African American and Latinx activists and revealing the radically different ways people of the diaspora addressed issues still plaguing the United States today.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Ortiz, P. (2018). An African American and Latinx history of the United States . Beacon Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ortiz, Paul, 1964-. 2018. An African American and Latinx History of the United States. Beacon Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ortiz, Paul, 1964-. An African American and Latinx History of the United States Beacon Press, 2018.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Ortiz, Paul. An African American and Latinx History of the United States Beacon Press, 2018.

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