Race The History of an Idea in America

Name: Race The History of an Idea in America
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ISBN: 9780195097788

ISBN-10: 0195097785

ISBN-13: 9780195097788

Edition: 2nd 1997

Authors: Thomas F. Gossett, Shelley Fisher Fishkin

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When Tom Gossett'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 and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, this edition should find a wide readership among young scholars and…

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List price: $58.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/14/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 8.19" wide x 5.39" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English




Early Race Theories



England's American Colonies and Race Theories



Eighteenth-Century Anthropology



Nineteenth-Century Anthropology



The Teutonic Origins Theory



The Study of Language and Literature



Race and Social Darwinism



The Social Gospel and Race



Literary Naturalism and Race



The Indian in the Nineteenth Century



The Status of the Negro: 1865-1915



Anti-Immigration Agitation: 1865-1915



Imperialism and the Anglo-Saxon



World War I and Racism



Racism in the 1920s



The Scientific Revolt Against Racism



The Battle Against Prejudice


Notes


Bibliographic Essay


Index