- Note on Usage
- Introduction: The Fabrication of Race
- I. The Political History of Whiteness
- 1. “Free White Persons” in the Republic, 1790–1840
- 2. Anglo-Saxons and Others, 1840–1924
- 3. Becoming Caucasian, 1924–1965
- II. History, Race, and Perception
- 4. 1877: The Instability of Race
- 5. Looking Jewish, Seeing Jews
- III. The Manufacture of Caucasians
- 6. The Crucible of Empire
- 7. Naturalization and the Courts
- 8. The Dawning Civil Rights Era
- Epilogue: Ethnic Revival and the Denial of White Privilege
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index


Whiteness of a Different Color
European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race
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$32.50 • £23.95 • €29.50
ISBN 9780674951914
Publication Date: 09/01/1999
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Awards & Accolades
- Co-Winner, 1999 Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association
- 1998 Best Book Award, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association