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Us and Them?: A History of Intolerance in America

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The history of intolerance in the USA begins in colonial times. Discrimination at the basis of religion, race, and sexual orientation have been characteristic of our society for more than three centuries. “Us and Them” illuminates these dark corners of our nation’s past and traces its ongoing efforts to live up to its ideals.
Through 14 case studies, the use of original documents, historical photos, newly commissioned paintings, and dramatic narratives, readers start to be mindful the history and psychology of intolerance as they witness firsthand the struggles that have shaped our collective identity.

We read about Mary Dyer, who was once executed for her Quaker faith in Boston in 1660. We find out how the Mormons were expelled from Missouri in 1838. The attack on Chinese miners in Rock Spring, Wyoming in 1885, the battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Mobile, Alabama in 1981, and the Crown Heights revolt in New York in 1991–all are presented in clear and powerful narrative that brings to life history that may be frequently forgotten or slighted.

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