Curtis, Edward E., 1970-

Muslims in America : a short history / Edward E. Curtis IV. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xiv, 144 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - Religion in American life. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-127) and index.

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.

Pub Weekly, September 2009 Pub Weekly

Discusses various historical details of Muslims in North America, from eighteenth-century African-American Muslim slaves through the struggles of Muslim Americans after 9/11, with an examination of the different incarnations of Islamic faith and the influence of Muslim Americans on various social and political movements in the United States.



9780195367560 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0195367561

2008047566


Muslims--History.--United States
Muslims--Social conditions.--United States
Islam--History.--United States
Muslims--History.--United States
Muslims--Social conditions.--United States
Islam--History.--United States


United States--Ethnic relations.
United States--Religious life and customs.
United States--Ethnic relations.
United States--Religious life and customs.

E184.M88 / C877 2009

305.6/97/0973

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