Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. A Note on Terminology ix
4. Introduction 1
5. ONE. The Common Sense of Race 16
6. TWO. Performing Whiteness 48
7. THREE. Race as Association 73
8. FOUR. Citizenship of the “Little Races” 111
9. FIVE. Black Indian Identity in the Allotment Era 140
10. SIX. From Nation to Race in Hawai’i 178
11. SEVEN. Racial Science, Immigration, and the “White Races” 211
12. EIGHT. Mexican Americans and the “Caucasian Cloak” 253
13. Conclusion: The Common Sense of Race Today 294
14. Notes 309
15. Acknowledgments 349
16. Index 353