| White Over Black: American Attitudes toward the Negro, 1550-1812 Contributor(s): Jordan, Winthrop D. (Author), Brown, Christopher Leslie (Foreword by), Wood, Peter H. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0807871419 ISBN-13: 9780807871416 Publisher: Omohundro Institute and Unc Press OUR PRICE: $45.13 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 973.049 |
| LCCN: 2012376597 |
| Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo |
| Physical Information: 1.58" H x 6.09" W x 8.93" (2.14 lbs) 696 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 slavery and racism builds upon his work; all are judged in comparison to it; none has surpassed it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jordan, Winthrop D.: - Winthrop D. Jordan (1931-2007) taught history at the University of Mississippi. His books include Tumult and Silence at Second Creek: An Inquiry into a Civil War Slave Conspiracyand White Man's Burden: Historical Origins of Racism in the United States.Brown, Christopher Leslie: - Christopher Leslie Brown is professor of history at Columbia University. He is the author of Moral Capital: Foundations of British Abolitionism, for which he won the Frederick Douglass Book Prize.Wood, Peter H.: - Peter H. Wood is history professor emeritus at Duke University and author of Strange New Land: African Americans, 1526-1776, among others. |