Racism and sexual oppression in Anglo-America : a genealogy / Ladelle McWhorter.

Author/creator McWhorter, Ladelle, 1960-
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionviii, 430 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Minorities--Civil rights. --United States. --History.
African Americans--Civil rights. --History.
Gay rights--United States. --History.
Racism--United States. --History.
Homophobia--United States. --History.
White people--United States. --Attitudes. --History.
Eugenics--United States. --History.
Abnormalities, Human--Political aspects. --United States. --History.
United States--Race relations.
United States--Social conditions. --1865-1918.

Contents Introduction: Two great dangers -- Racism, race, race war : in search of conceptual clarity -- A genealogy of modern racism, part 1 : the White man cometh -- A genealogy of modern racism, part 2 : from Black lepers to idiot children -- Scientific racism and the threat of sexual predation -- Managing evolution : race betterment, race purification, and the American eugenics movement -- Nordics celebrate the family -- (Counter) remembering racism : an insurrection of subjugated knowledges.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [401]-420) and index.
LCCN 2008048274
ISBN9780253352965 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0253352967 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253220639 (paper : alk. paper)
ISBN0253220637 (paper : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E 184.A1 M357 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold