Thomas J. Davis, Ph.D., J.D., teaches history and law at Arizona State University, Tempe. He is the author of A Rumor of Revolt: The Great Negro Plot in Colonial New York, which the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America prized as one of the outstanding books of 1985 on race relations. He is also author of numerous articles on race and law and co-author of Africans in the Americas: A History of the Black Diaspora.

• Foreword by Randall M. Miller Preface Chronology of Events Introduction Constituting the Republic: Who Counted as What Trail of Tears: Indian Removal from East to West Nat's Rebellion: The War Over Slavery Begins War With Mexico: Race, Borders, and Manifest Destiny Civil War: Slavery and Emancipation in Black and White After Slavery? Reconstruction and Segregation Geronimo: Ending the Indian Wars Yellow Peril: Anti-Asian Animus from Exclusion to Internment From Nadir to New Negro: Segregation, Migration, and the New Deal "To Secure These Rights": From Desegregation to Long, Hot Summers Wounded Knee Again: The New Indian, Reservations, and Casinos Affirmative Action and "Reverse Discrimination" Backlash Race on Trial in the 1990s At the Border Again? New Immigrants and Old Worries From Teheran to Baghdad: Facing Race with Arabs and Muslims

"Controversy persists as to whether or not race is a scientific fact; Davis points out, nonetheless, that race has persisted as a historical fact, constructed with cultural and social norms. This admirable work thus appropriately addresses those racial groups that have been the most pronounced in the American experience: African, Asian, Mexican, Native, and Arab Americans....Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers." - Choice

Thomas J. Davis, Ph.D., J.D., teaches history and law at Arizona State University, Tempe. He is the author of A Rumor of Revolt: The Great Negro Plot in Colonial New York, which the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America prized as one of the outstanding books of 1985 on race relations. He is also author of numerous articles on race and law and co-author of Africans in the Americas: A History of the Black Diaspora.

• Foreword by Randall M. Miller Preface Chronology of Events Introduction Constituting the Republic: Who Counted as What Trail of Tears: Indian Removal from East to West Nat's Rebellion: The War Over Slavery Begins War With Mexico: Race, Borders, and Manifest Destiny Civil War: Slavery and Emancipation in Black and White After Slavery? Reconstruction and Segregation Geronimo: Ending the Indian Wars Yellow Peril: Anti-Asian Animus from Exclusion to Internment From Nadir to New Negro: Segregation, Migration, and the New Deal "To Secure These Rights": From Desegregation to Long, Hot Summers Wounded Knee Again: The New Indian, Reservations, and Casinos Affirmative Action and "Reverse Discrimination" Backlash Race on Trial in the 1990s At the Border Again? New Immigrants and Old Worries From Teheran to Baghdad: Facing Race with Arabs and Muslims

"Controversy persists as to whether or not race is a scientific fact; Davis points out, nonetheless, that race has persisted as a historical fact, constructed with cultural and social norms. This admirable work thus appropriately addresses those racial groups that have been the most pronounced in the American experience: African, Asian, Mexican, Native, and Arab Americans....Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers." - Choice

Thomas J. Davis, Ph.D., J.D., teaches history and law at Arizona State University, Tempe. He is the author of A Rumor of Revolt: The Great Negro Plot in Colonial New York, which the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America prized as one of the outstanding books of 1985 on race relations. He is also author of numerous articles on race and law and co-author of Africans in the Americas: A History of the Black Diaspora.

• Foreword by Randall M. Miller Preface Chronology of Events Introduction Constituting the Republic: Who Counted as What Trail of Tears: Indian Removal from East to West Nat's Rebellion: The War Over Slavery Begins War With Mexico: Race, Borders, and Manifest Destiny Civil War: Slavery and Emancipation in Black and White After Slavery? Reconstruction and Segregation Geronimo: Ending the Indian Wars Yellow Peril: Anti-Asian Animus from Exclusion to Internment From Nadir to New Negro: Segregation, Migration, and the New Deal "To Secure These Rights": From Desegregation to Long, Hot Summers Wounded Knee Again: The New Indian, Reservations, and Casinos Affirmative Action and "Reverse Discrimination" Backlash Race on Trial in the 1990s At the Border Again? New Immigrants and Old Worries From Teheran to Baghdad: Facing Race with Arabs and Muslims

"Controversy persists as to whether or not race is a scientific fact; Davis points out, nonetheless, that race has persisted as a historical fact, constructed with cultural and social norms. This admirable work thus appropriately addresses those racial groups that have been the most pronounced in the American experience: African, Asian, Mexican, Native, and Arab Americans....Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers." - Choice