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Racial Thinking in the United States: Uncompleted Independence (ND Afro/Amer Intellectual Heritage)
Paul Spickard (Ed.)
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Paperback. This reassessment of the ideas that Americans have had about race tells the history of the American system of racial domination and of twentieth-century challenges to that racial hierarchy, from monoracial movements to the multiracial movement. Editor(s): Spickard, Paul R.; Daniel, G.Reginald. Series: The African-American Intellectual Heritage S. Num Pages: 392 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 544.
Racial Thinking in the United States is a comprehensive reassessment of the ideas that Americans have had about race. This useful book draws on the skills and perspectives of nine scholars from the fields of history, sociology, theology, American studies, and ethnic studies. In thirteen carefully crafted essays they tell the history of the American system of racial domination and of twentieth-century challenges to that racial hierarchy, from monoracial movements to the multiracial movement.
Racial Thinking in the United States provides excellent summaries of historical events and cultural movements, as well as analysis and criticism. It will be a welcome ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Series
The African-American Intellectual Heritage S.
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268041045
SKU
V9780268041045
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About Paul Spickard (Ed.)
Paul Spickard is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. G. Reginald Daniel is associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Reviews for Racial Thinking in the United States: Uncompleted Independence (ND Afro/Amer Intellectual Heritage)
“This collection is stunning. The editors’ introduction offers a superb brief discussion of the meaning of the term “race,” and the essays are vigorous, sophisticated, earnest, interesting, and honest. It ought to be read widely.” —Winthrop D. Jordan, William F. Winter Professor of History and of Afro-American Studies, F.A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professor, University of Mississippi “This is a splendid book. ... Read more