Race and Arab Americans Before and After 9/11: From Invisible Citizens to Visible Subjects

by Nadine Naber

Book Overview

Bringing the rich terrain of Arab American histories to bear on conceptualizations of race in the U.S., this groundbreaking volume fills a critical gap in the field of ethnic studies. Unlike most immigrant communities who either have been consistently marked as non-white, or have made a transition from non-white to white, Arab Americans historically have been rendered white and have increasingly come to be seen as non-white. matters to the study of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815631774
• ISBN13: 9780815631774
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"