Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today

Birth of a White Nation,Second Edition explores the social construction of race and its origins in colonial North America, interrogating the origins of racial inequality and injustice and how the invention continues to protect the ruling elite. It documents the proliferation of ideas that have given content, form, and social meaning to racial classification and offers a new framework for countering racial inequality and promoting greater awareness of anti-racist policies and practices.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 128 pages
\n Publication date: 17 May 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Birth of a White Nation, Second Edition delves into the intricate process of constructing race by creating the concept of white people. By examining colonial North American law and history, the book uncovers the roots of racial inequality and injustice in American society and explores how this invention continues to serve the ruling elite to this day. This comprehensive second edition documents the proliferation of ideas throughout history that have shaped and given meaning to racial classifications. It begins by tracing the development of diverse Native American societies through interactions with European colonizers in the Tidewater region and then progresses to the emigration of Mexicans, Irish, and other non-whites. The book addresses the ongoing production and reproduction of whiteness as a distinct and dominant social category, while also looking towards the future by developing a new framework for countering racial inequality and promoting greater awareness of anti-racist policies and practices. Birth of a White Nation is a valuable resource for students, scholars, and general readers seeking to understand the profound racial disparities of our time and to embark on a path toward antiracism.

Birth of a White Nation, Second Edition delves into the intricate process of constructing race by creating the concept of white people. By examining colonial North American law and history, the book uncovers the roots of racial inequality and injustice in American society and explores how this invention continues to serve the ruling elite to this day. This comprehensive second edition documents the proliferation of ideas throughout history that have shaped and given meaning to racial classifications. It begins by tracing the development of diverse Native American societies through interactions with European colonizers in the Tidewater region and then progresses to the emigration of Mexicans, Irish, and other non-whites. The book addresses the ongoing production and reproduction of whiteness as a distinct and dominant social category, while also looking towards the future by developing a new framework for countering racial inequality and promoting greater awareness of anti-racist policies and practices. Birth of a White Nation is a valuable resource for students, scholars, and general readers seeking to understand the profound racial disparities of our time and to embark on a path toward antiracism.

\n Weight: 194g\n
Dimension: 151 x 227 x 15 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367517328\n
Edition number: 2 New edition\n