White over Black American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812 |
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| Author:
| Jordan, Winthrop D. |
| Foreword by:
| Brown, Christopher Leslie
Wood, Peter H. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-0076-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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In 1968, Winthrop D. Jordan set out in encyclopedic detail the evolution of white Englishmen's and Anglo-Americans' perceptions of blacks, perceptions of difference used to justify race-based slavery, and liberty and justice for whites only. This second edition, with new forewords by historians Christopher Leslie Brown and Peter H. Wood, reminds us that Jordan's text is still the definitive work on the history of race in America in the colonial era. Every book published to this day on...
More DescriptionIn 1968, Winthrop D. Jordan set out in encyclopedic detail the evolution of white Englishmen's and Anglo-Americans' perceptions of blacks, perceptions of difference used to justify race-based slavery, and liberty and justice for whites only. This second edition, with new forewords by historians Christopher Leslie Brown and Peter H. Wood, reminds us that Jordan's text is still the definitive work on the history of race in America in the colonial era. Every book published to this day on slavery and racism builds upon his work; all are judged in comparison to it; none has surpassed it.