Shades of Difference - A History of Ethnicity in America

Informationen zum Autor Richard Rees is assistant professor of American literature at Antioch College. Klappentext Shades of Difference introduces new perspectives on the definition of "whiteness" in America! and makes an original contribution to the larger discussion of race through a detailed account of ethnicity's original meaning and its revaluation when later appropriated by the discourse of Black Nationalism in the 1960s and 70s. Zusammenfassung Shades of Difference introduces new perspectives on the definition of "whiteness" in America! and makes an original contribution to the larger discussion of race through a detailed account of ethnicity's original meaning and its revaluation when later appropriated by the discourse of Black Nationalism in the 1960s and 70s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction: From the Invention of Race to the Rise of the Inbetween People! 1840 - 1924 Chapter 1 The Invention of (the Concept of) Ethnicity Chapter 2 Whiteness and the Limits of the New Environmentalism Chapter 3 Inventing Ethnicity in the Context of Race and Caste! 1930 - 45 Chapter 4 Black Ethnicity and the Transformation of a Concept! 1962 - 72 Chapter 5 Conclusion: Toward a Hybrid Discourse of Ethnicity

Product details

• Authors: Richard Rees, Richard W. Rees
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2007
• EAN: 9780742543164
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4316-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Perspectives on a Multiracial America; Perspectives on a Multiracial; Perspectives on a Multiracial America
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous