Nell Irvin Painter

The History of White People (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A New York Times Bestseller

This terrific new book...[explores] the 'notion of whiteness,' an idea as dangerous as it is seductive." Boston Globe

Telling perhaps the most important forgotten story in American history, eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter guides us through more than two thousand years of Western civilization, illuminating not only the invention of race but also the frequent praise of whiteness for economic, scientific, and political ends. A story filled with towering historical figures, The History of White People closes a huge gap in literature that has long focused on the non-white and forcefully reminds us that the concept of race is an all-too-human invention whose meaning, importance, and reality have changed as it has been driven by a long and rich history of events.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393079494
• Artikelnr.: 61172777

Autorenporträt

Nell Irvin Painter is the award-winning author of many books, including Standing at Armageddon and The History of White People. She is the Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, at Princeton University and lives in East Orange, New Jersey, and the Adirondacks.