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The history of White people

Title
The history of White people / Nell Irvin Painter.
Author
Painter, Nell Irvin.
Publication
New York : W.W. Norton, c2010.

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Description
xii, 496 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-456) and index.
Contents
Greeks and Scythians -- Romans, Celts, Gauls, and Germani -- White slavery -- White slavery as beauty ideal -- The White beauty ideal as science -- Johann Friedrich Blumenbach names White people "caucasian" -- Germaine de Staël's German lessons -- Early American White people observed -- The first alien wave -- The education of Ralph Waldo Emerson -- English traits -- Emerson in the history of American White people -- The American school of anthropology -- The second enlargement of American whiteness -- William Z. Ripley and the races of Europe -- Franz Boas, dissenter -- Roosevelt, Ross, and race suicide -- The discovery of degenerate families -- From degenerate families to sterilization -- Intelligence testing of new immigrants -- The great unrest -- The melting pot a failure? -- Anthroposociology : the science of alien races -- Refuting racial science -- A new White race politics -- The third enlargement of American whiteness -- Black nationalism and White ethnics -- The fourth enlargement of American whiteness.
Call Number
Sc E 10-491
ISBN
  • 9780393049343
  • 0393049345
  • 9780393339741
  • 0393339742
LCCN
2009034515
OCLC
2009034515
Author
Painter, Nell Irvin.
Title
The history of White people / Nell Irvin Painter.
Imprint
New York : W.W. Norton, c2010.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-456) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 10-491
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