Race in North America: Origins and Evolution of a Worldview
By Unknown Author.
Description
In a sweeping work that traces the idea of race for more than three centuries, Audrey Smedley shows that race” is a cultural invention that began to appear around the turn of the eighteenth century. In its origin, race was not a product of science but a folk ideology reflecting a new form of social stratification and a rationalization for inequality among the peoples of North America. This third edition incorporates recently published new source materials on the history of race ideology. Because race” now has global manifestations, it also introduces the work of scholars who a...
ISBN(s)
0813343577, 9780813343570
