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Class and race formation in North America / James W. Russell.

Title
Class and race formation in North America / James W. Russell.
Author
Russell, James W., 1944-
Publication
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2009.

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Additional Authors
Russell, James W.
Description
xv, 204 p. : maps; 23 cm.
Summary
"This volume offers a comparative exploration of how patterns of class and racial inequality developed in the United States, Mexico, and Canada from colonial pasts to the beginning of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the post-NAFTA environment. What James W. Russell reveals is a continent of diverse historical experiences, class systems, and ways of thinking about race."--Jacket.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Cross-cultural studies
  • History
Note
  • 1st ed. published as: After the fifth sun. 1994.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-196) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Origins of inequality and uneven development -- A new empire -- Immigration -- Race mixture -- Accumulation of capital and dependent development -- NAFTA -- Comparative economic and social classes -- Racial contours of North America -- A North American social model?
ISBN
  • 9780802096784 (pbk.)
  • 0802096786 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 253820869
  • SCSB-10183569
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library