ISBN:
0814798926
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 342 p)
,
ill., maps
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Rise and Fall of the Caucasian Race : A Political History of Racial Identity
DDC:
305.809/073
Keywords:
Caucasian race History
;
Whites Race identity
;
Race awareness Political aspects
;
Caucasian race - History
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The term "Caucasian" is a curious invention of the modern age. Originating in 1795, the word identifies both the peoples of the Caucasus Mountains region as well as those thought to be "Caucasian". Bruce Baum explores the history of the term and the category of the "Caucasian race" more broadly in the light of the changing politics of racial theory and notions of racial identity. With a comprehensive sweep that encompasses the understanding of "race" even before the use of the term "Caucasian," Baum traces the major trends in scientific and intellectual understandings of "race" from
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; Introduction: "Caucasians" and the PoliticalHistory of Racial Identities; 1 Before the " Caucasian Race": Antecedents of European Racialism,ca. 1000-1684; 2 Enlightenment Science and the Invention of the " Caucasian Race," 1684- 1795; 3 Passage into "Our Ordinary Forms of Expression": The "Caucasian Race," ca. 1795-1850; 4 Racialized Nationalism and the Partial Eclipse of the " Caucasian Race," ca. 1840- 1935; 5 The Color Line and the " Caucasian Race" Revival, 1935- 51; 6 Not-so-Benign Racialism: The "Caucasian Race" afterDecolonization, 1952-2005
Description / Table of Contents:
7 "Where Caucasian Means Black": "Race," Nation, and the Chechen WarsConclusion: Deconstructing "Caucasia," Dismantling Racism ; Notes; Index; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-325) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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