From Power to Prejudice - The Rise of Racial Individualism in Midcentury America

Informationen zum Autor Leah N. Gordon is assistant professor of education and (by courtesy) of history at Stanford University. Klappentext Americans believe strongly in the socially transformative power of education, and the idea that we can challenge racial injustice by reducing white prejudice has long been a core component of this faith. How did we get here? In this first-rate intellectual history, Leah N. Gordon jumps into this and other big questions about race, power, and social justice.

Product details

• Authors: Leah N Gordon, Leah N. Gordon, Gordon Leah N.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780226419411
• ISBN: 978-0-226-41941-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General