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An African American and Latinx history of the United States, Paul Ortiz

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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. Scholar and activist Paul 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 US history into one of the working class organizing against imperialism. Drawing on rich narratives and primary source documents, Ortiz links racial segregation in the Southwest and the rise and violent fall of a powerful tradition of Mexican labor organizing in the twentieth century, to May 1, 2006, known as International Workers' Day, when migrant laborers--Chicana/os, Afrocubanos, and immigrants from every continent on earth--united in resistance on the first "Day Without Immigrants." As African American civil rights activists fought against Jim Crow laws and Mexican labor organizers warred against the suffocating grip of capitalism, Black and Spanish-language newspapers, abolitionists, and Latin American revolutionaries coalesced around movements built between people from the United States and people from Central America and the Caribbean. And in stark contrast to the resurgence of "America first" rhetoric, Black and Latinx intellectuals and organizers today have urged the United States to build bridges of solidarity with the nations of the Americas. Incisive and timely, this bottom-up history, told from the interconnected vantage points of Latinx and African Americans, reveals the radically different ways that people of the diaspora have addressed issues still plaguing the United States today, and it offers a way forward in the continued struggle for universal civil rights." -- Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 276 pages
Contents
  • Introduction. "Killed helping workers to organize" : reenvisioning American history
  • The Haitian revolution and the birth of emancipatory internationalism, 1770s to 1820s
  • The Mexican War of Independence and US history : anti-imperialism as a way of life, 1820s to 1850s
  • "To break the fetters of slaves all over the world" : the internationalization of the Civil War, 1850s to 1865
  • Global visions of reconstruction : the Cuban solidarity movement, 1860s to 1890s
  • Waging war on the government of American banks in the global South, 1890s to 1920s
  • Forgotten workers of America : racial capitalism and the war on the working class, 1890s to 1940s
  • Emancipatory internationalism vs. the American Century, 1945 to 1960s
  • El gran paro Estadounidense : the rebirth of the American working class, 1970s to the present
  • Epilogue. A new origin narrative of American history
Isbn
9780807013106
Instance
Label
An African American and Latinx history of the United States
Title
An African American and Latinx history of the United States
Statement of responsibility
Paul Ortiz
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Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"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. Scholar and activist Paul 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 US history into one of the working class organizing against imperialism. Drawing on rich narratives and primary source documents, Ortiz links racial segregation in the Southwest and the rise and violent fall of a powerful tradition of Mexican labor organizing in the twentieth century, to May 1, 2006, known as International Workers' Day, when migrant laborers--Chicana/os, Afrocubanos, and immigrants from every continent on earth--united in resistance on the first "Day Without Immigrants." As African American civil rights activists fought against Jim Crow laws and Mexican labor organizers warred against the suffocating grip of capitalism, Black and Spanish-language newspapers, abolitionists, and Latin American revolutionaries coalesced around movements built between people from the United States and people from Central America and the Caribbean. And in stark contrast to the resurgence of "America first" rhetoric, Black and Latinx intellectuals and organizers today have urged the United States to build bridges of solidarity with the nations of the Americas. Incisive and timely, this bottom-up history, told from the interconnected vantage points of Latinx and African Americans, reveals the radically different ways that people of the diaspora have addressed issues still plaguing the United States today, and it offers a way forward in the continued struggle for universal civil rights." -- Jacket
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1964-
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Ortiz, Paul
Dewey number
305.800973
Index
index present
LC call number
E184.S75
LC item number
O79 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
ReVisioning American history series
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  • Hispanic Americans
  • African Americans
  • United States
  • United States
  • Black people
  • Anti-imperialist movements
  • Working class
  • Internationalists
  • United States
  • Latin America
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An African American and Latinx history of the United States, Paul Ortiz
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-259) and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Introduction. "Killed helping workers to organize" : reenvisioning American history -- The Haitian revolution and the birth of emancipatory internationalism, 1770s to 1820s -- The Mexican War of Independence and US history : anti-imperialism as a way of life, 1820s to 1850s -- "To break the fetters of slaves all over the world" : the internationalization of the Civil War, 1850s to 1865 -- Global visions of reconstruction : the Cuban solidarity movement, 1860s to 1890s -- Waging war on the government of American banks in the global South, 1890s to 1920s -- Forgotten workers of America : racial capitalism and the war on the working class, 1890s to 1940s -- Emancipatory internationalism vs. the American Century, 1945 to 1960s -- El gran paro Estadounidense : the rebirth of the American working class, 1970s to the present -- Epilogue. A new origin narrative of American history
Control code
on1002664667
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xi, 276 pages
Isbn
9780807013106
Lccn
2017020565
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 1277826
  • (Sirsi) o1002664667
  • (OCoLC)1002664667
Label
An African American and Latinx history of the United States, Paul Ortiz
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-259) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction. "Killed helping workers to organize" : reenvisioning American history -- The Haitian revolution and the birth of emancipatory internationalism, 1770s to 1820s -- The Mexican War of Independence and US history : anti-imperialism as a way of life, 1820s to 1850s -- "To break the fetters of slaves all over the world" : the internationalization of the Civil War, 1850s to 1865 -- Global visions of reconstruction : the Cuban solidarity movement, 1860s to 1890s -- Waging war on the government of American banks in the global South, 1890s to 1920s -- Forgotten workers of America : racial capitalism and the war on the working class, 1890s to 1940s -- Emancipatory internationalism vs. the American Century, 1945 to 1960s -- El gran paro Estadounidense : the rebirth of the American working class, 1970s to the present -- Epilogue. A new origin narrative of American history
Control code
on1002664667
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xi, 276 pages
Isbn
9780807013106
Lccn
2017020565
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • 1277826
  • (Sirsi) o1002664667
  • (OCoLC)1002664667

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