The History of White People
of Nell Irvin Painter
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A mind-expanding and myth-destroying exploration of âwhitenessââan illuminating work on the history of race and power. Eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter tells perhaps the most important forgotten story in American history. Beginning at the roots of Western civilization, she traces the invention of the idea of a white raceâoften for economic, scientific, and political ends. She shows how the origins of American identity in the eighteenth century were intrinsically tied to the elevation of white skin into the embodiment of beauty, power, and intelligence; how the great American intellectualsâ including Ralph Waldo Emersonâinsisted that only Anglo Saxons were truly American; and how the definitions of who is âwhiteâ and who is âAmericanâ have evolved over time. A story filled with towering historical figures, The History of White People closes an enormous gap in a literature that has long focused on the nonwhite, and it forcefully reminds us that the concept of âraceâ is an all-too-human invention whose meaning, importance, and reality have changed according to a long and rich history. 70 illustrations.
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- Format Hardcover
- Pages 512 pages
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication Date March 15th 2010
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9780393049343
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
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