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Race : the history of an idea in America / Thomas F. Gossett

Gossett, Thomas F., 1916-

New ed.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

Online Ressource (xxii, 520 p.)

Englisch

ch. 1Early race theoriesch. 2England's American colonies and race theoriesch. 3Eighteenth- century anthropologych. 4Nineteenth-century anthropologych. 5The Teutonic origins theorych. 6The Study of language and literaturech. 7Race and social Darwinismch. 8The Social gospel and racech. 9Literary naturalism and racech. 10The Indian in the nineteenth centurych. 11The Status of the Negro: 1865-1915ch. 12 Anti-immigration agitation: 1865-1915ch. 13Imperialism and the Anglo-Saxonch. 14 World War I and racismch. 15Racism in the 1920sch. 16The Scientific revolt against racismch. 17The Battle against prejudice.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-510) and index. - Description based on print version record

Print version: Race

978-0-19-509777-1 (Cloth); 0-19-509777-7 (Cloth); 0-19-509778-5 (pbk. : alk. paper); 978-0-19-509778-8 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1-4237-4069-6 (electronic bk.); 978-1-4237-4069-8 ( : electronic bk.)

0-19-509777-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-19-509778-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-19-509777-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 62352695     

OCoLC: 62352695 (aus SWB)     

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When Tom Gosset's Race: The History of an Idea in America appeared more than a generation ago, it explored the impact of race theory on literature in a way that anticipated the entire current scholarly discourse on the subject. Though it has gone out of print, it has never been rendered obsolete. Its reprinting is a boon to younger scholars in particular who are unfamiliar with its rich presentation of fact and its clear, efficient analysis, from which so much later theorizing has developed. With a new afterword by and about the author, and an introduction by series editors Arnold Rampersad an

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ch. 1Early race theories --ch. 2England's American colonies and race theories --ch. 3Eighteenth- century anthropology --ch. 4Nineteenth-century anthropology --ch. 5The Teutonic origins theory --ch. 6The Study of language and literature --ch. 7Race and social Darwinism --ch. 8The Social gospel and race --ch. 9Literary naturalism and race --ch. 10The Indian in the nineteenth century --ch. 11The Status of the Negro: 1865-1915 --ch. 12 Anti-immigration agitation: 1865-1915 --ch. 13Imperialism and the Anglo-Saxon --ch. 14 World War I and racism --ch. 15Racism in the 1920s --ch. 16The Scientific revolt against racism --ch. 17The Battle against prejudice.