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The History Of White People
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A Mindexpanding And Mythdestroying Exploration Of Notions Of White Racenot Merely A Skin Color But Also A Signal Of Power, Prestige, And Beauty To Be Withheld And Granted Selectively Ever Since The Enlightenment, Race Theory And Its Inevitable Partner, Racism, Have Followed A Crooked Road, Constructed By Dominant Peoples To Justify Their Domination Of Others. Filling A Huge Gap In Historical Literature That Long Focused On The Nonwhite, Eminent Historian Nell Irvin Painter Guides Us Through More Than Two Thousand Years Of Western Civilization, Tracing Not Only The Invention Of The Idea Of Race But Also The Frequent Worship Of Whiteness For Economic, Social, Scientific, And Political Ends.Our Story Begins In Greek And Roman Antiquity, Where The Concept Of Race Did Not Exist, Only Geography And The Opportunity To Conquer And Enslave Others. Not Until The Eighteenth Century Did An Obsession With Whiteness Flourish, With The German Invention Of The Notion Of Caucasian Beauty. This Theory Made Northern Europeans Into Saxons, Anglosaxons, And Teutons, Envisioned As Uniquely Handsome Natural Rulers.Here Was A Worldview Congenial To Northern Europeans Bent On Empire. There Followed An Explosion Of Theories Of Race, Now Focusing On Racial Temperament As Well As Skin Color. Spread By Such Intellectuals As Madame De Stael And Thomas Carlyle, White Race Theory Soon Reached North America With A Vengeance. Its Chief Spokesman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Did The Most To Label Anglosaxonsicons Of Beauty And Virtueas The Only True Americans. It Was An Ideal That Excluded Not Only Blacks But Also All Ethnic Groups Not Of Protestant, Northern European Background. The Irish And Native Americans Were Out And, Later, So Were The Chinese, Jews, Italians, Slavs, And Greeksall Deemed Racially Alien. Did Immigrations Threaten The Very Existence Of America? Americans Were Assumed To Be White, But Who Among Poor Immigrants Could Become Truly American? A Tortured And Convoluted Series Of Scientific Explorations Developedtheories Intended To Keep Anglosaxons At The Top: The Everpopular Measurement Of Skulls, The Powerful Eugenics Movement, And Highly Biased Intelligence Testsall Designed To Keep Working People Out And Down.As Painter Reveals, Powersupported By Economics, Science, And Politicscontinued To Drive Exclusionary Notions Of Whiteness Until, Deep Into The Twentieth Century, Political Realities Enlarged The Category Of Truly American.A Story Filled With Towering Historical Figures, The History Of White People Forcefully Reminds Us That The Concept Of One White Race Is A Recent Invention. The Meaning, Importance, And Realty Of This Alltoohuman Thesis Of Race Have Buckled Under The Weight Of A Long And Rich Unfolding Of Events. 70 Illustrations
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- Q: What is the main focus of 'The History of White People'? A: The book explores the concept of race, particularly whiteness, as a socially constructed idea that has been used to justify power and exclusion throughout history.
- Q: Who is the author of 'The History of White People'? A: The author is Nell Irvin Painter, an eminent historian known for her work on race and American history.
- Q: How many pages does the book have? A: The book has 512 pages.
- Q: What is the binding type of this book? A: The book is available in hardcover binding.
- Q: When was 'The History of White People' published? A: The book was published on March 15, 2010.
- Q: Is this book suitable for academic research? A: Yes, it is a well-researched historical account that provides valuable insights into race theory and its implications, making it suitable for academic purposes.
- Q: What topics does the book cover? A: The book covers the invention of race, the worship of whiteness, and the social and political implications of these concepts throughout Western civilization.
- Q: Does the book include illustrations? A: Yes, 'The History of White People' includes 70 illustrations.
- Q: What is the condition of the book? A: The book is listed as being in 'Good' condition.
- Q: Is this the first edition of 'The History of White People'? A: Yes, this is the First Edition first Printing of the book.