ISBN:
9780195097771
,
0195097777
,
0195097785
,
9780195097788
,
1423740696
,
9781423740698
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xxii, 520 p.)
Edition:
New ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Race and American culture
Parallel Title:
Print version Race
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Racism United States
;
Race awareness United States
;
Minorities United States
;
Racism
;
Race awareness
;
Minorities
;
Minorities
;
Race awareness
;
Racism
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Minorities
;
Race awareness
;
Race relations
;
Racism
;
United States Race relations
;
United States
;
United States Race relations
;
United States Race relations
;
United States
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Abstract:
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.
Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-510) and index. - Description based on print version record
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