The invention of the white race / Theodore W. Allen.
| Author/creator | Allen, Theodore |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Verso, 1994- |
| Description | volumes ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Haymarket series Haymarket series. ^A910981 |
| Incomplete content | v. 1. Racial oppression and social control |
| Abstract | Argues that before the 18th century, there was neither a white nor any other colour-determined race in North America. Allen traces the history of plantations and slavery to show that it was the degradation of African-bonded labourers into slaves that produced racism based on colour. |
| Abstract | "When the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619, there were no "white" people there. Nor, according to colonial records, would there be for another sixty years. In this seminal two-volume work, The Invention of the White Race, Theodore W. Allen tells the story of how America's ruling classes created the category of the "white race" as a means of social control. Since that early invention, white privileges have enforced the myth of racial superiority, and that fact has been central to maintaining ruling-class domination over ordinary working people of all colors throughout American history. Volume I draws lessons from Irish history, comparing British rule in Ireland with the "white" oppression of Native Americans and African Americans. Allen details how Irish immigrants fleeing persecution learned to spread racial oppression in their adoptive country as part of white America." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 93036787 |
| ISBN | 0860914801 : |
| ISBN | 086091660X (pbk.) : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E185 .A44 1994 V. 1 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |