Legislating racism : the billion dollar congress and the birth of Jim Crow / by Upchurch, Thomas Adams

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Legislating racism : the billion dollar Congress and the birth of Jim Crow / by Upchurch, Thomas Adams

Table of Contents: “…Senate considers the Butler Emigration Bill -- To drain the infinite oceans : the swan song of the once-great Blair Education Bill -- Charting new waters : the race problem and the "Reed rules" in the House of Representatives -- The very insanity of democracy : the Federal Elections Bill and the return to reconstruction in the House of Representatives -- Judging the insanity : public reactions to the inflammatory "Force Bill" and the tyranny of the majority -- The stormy and turbulent sea of democratic freedom : the Senate's epic struggle for control of the nation's racial destiny -- Showdown on Capitol Hill : the filibuster, the cloture rule, and the defeat of the Federal Elections Bill -- Silver, sectionalism, Sioux Indians, and sinophobia : why many westerners opposed the Federal Elections Bill -- The "peculiar situation" of African Americans and ethnic minorities in the United States : how racism became fashionable in the 1890s -- Assessing the billion dollar Congress and its effects on American history and race relations.…”
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Famine Irish and the American racial state / by O'Neill, Peter D., 1954-, Taylor & Francis books online

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The Life and Death of Gus Reed : a Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction. by Bahde, Thomas, PALCI EBSCO books

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Brokering belonging : Chinese in Canada's exclusion era, 1885-1945 / by Mar, Lisa Rose, Oxford Scholarship Online

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Muslims and the making of modern Europe / by Greble, Emily, 1978-, Oxford Scholarship Online

Table of Contents: “…Muslim rights and political belonging after the Congress of Berlin -- Confessional sovereignty and the formation of a Muslim legal other -- Survival and autonomy: lessons of the Balkan Wars and the First World War -- Second or third class citizens: becoming minorities after World War I -- The Shari'a mandate and Yugoslav nation-building -- "The bonfire of Muslim unity": misfortunes of Yugoslav democracy and authoritarianism -- Islamic legal revivalism and the crisis of Europe -- "Back to Islam!" …”
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Syrian Jewry in Transition, 1840-1880 by Harel, Yaron, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…The Ra'aya and the Machinery of the Ottoman State; PART IV: MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, JEWS; 8. Majority-Minority Relations; 9. Interminority Relations…”
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