TITLE:
The history of white people / Nell Irvin Painter.
Publication Date:
2010-2011
Publication Information:
New York : W. W. Norton,
Physical Description:
xii, 496 p. : ill., maps.
Geographic Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-456) and index.
Summary:
Traces the idea of a white race, showing how the origins of the American identity were tied to the elevation of white skin as the embodiment of beauty, power, and intelligence, and how even intellectuals insisted that only Anglo Saxons were truly American.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780393339741
