The history of White people / Nell Irvin Painter.
The history of White people / Nell Irvin Painter.
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New York : W.W. Norton, c2010.
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N305.80097/40
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English
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496 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- Greeks and scythians -- Romans, Celts, Gauls, and Germani -- White slavery -- White slavery as beauty ideal -- The White beauty ideal as science -- Johann Friedrich Blumenbach names White people "caucasian" -- Germaine de staèl's German lessons -- Early American White people observe...
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton, c2010.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2010.
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Summary
Historian Painter centers her momentous study of racial classification on the slave trade and the nation-building efforts which dominated the United States in the 18th century, when thinkers led by Ralph Waldo Emerson strove to explain the rapid progress of America within the context of white superiority. Her research is filled with frequent, start...
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The history of White people / Nell Irvin Painter.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-456) and index.
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c2010.
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N305.80097/40
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74VKm2klwedM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKm2klwedM
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0393049345
9780393049343
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305.800973
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991020446909702626
