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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Main Author: Curtis, Edward E., 1970-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Religion in American life.
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245 1 0 |a Muslims in America :  |b a short history /  |c Edward E. Curtis IV. 
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300 |a xiv, 144 p., [8] p. of plates :  |b ill. ;  |c 21 cm. 
490 1 |a Religion in American life 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Across the black Atlantic : the first Muslims in North America -- The first American converts to Islam -- Twentieth-century Muslim immigrants : from the melting pot to the Cold War -- Religious awakenings of the late twentieth century -- Muslim Americans after 9/11. 
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