Muslims in America : a short history /
Muslims are neither new nor foreign to the United States. They have been a vital presence in North America since the 16th century. Muslims in America unearths their history, documenting the lives of African, Middle Eastern, South Asian, European, black, white, Hispanic and other Americans who have b...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Religion in American life.
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| Summary: | Muslims are neither new nor foreign to the United States. They have been a vital presence in North America since the 16th century. Muslims in America unearths their history, documenting the lives of African, Middle Eastern, South Asian, European, black, white, Hispanic and other Americans who have been followers of Islam. The book begins with the tale of Job Ben Solomon, a 18th century African American Muslim slave, and goes on to chart the stories of sodbusters in North Dakota, African American converts to Islam in the 1920s, Muslim barkeepers in Toledo, the post-1965 wave of professional imm. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 144 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199710140 (electronic bk.) 9780195367560 (acid-free paper) |