Diverse Nations: Explorations in the History of Racial and Ethnic Pluralism (U.S. History in International Perspective)
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (768 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1594515743 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Robinson Professor of U. Fredrickson is the Edgar E. S. . His many books include the prize-winning White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American and South African History and Racism: A Short History, which has been translated into five languages. History (Emeritus) at Stanford. George M
Great book! rpg_gyrl Fredrickson has a great way of making textbooks easier to read, and therefore much more enjoyable. This particular book has a lot of information that might have you questioning everything you learned in high school history class.
“With a combination of concision, conceptual clarity, and vast learning, George Fredrickson, working on a broad international platform, clarifies and compares the nature of racial and ethnic experiences and policiesin the United States, South Africa, France, and Brazil, with less extended discussions of several other national experiences. It is a great gift to have so many of Fredrickson’s best essays assembled in one volume, and to be able to encounter the full power and sweep of his historical imagination.” (Gary Gerstle, Vanderbilt University, author of American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century.)“For more than a generation, George Fredrickson has been one of the leading historians of America’s racial theory and practice and one of our leading exponents of comparative history. This book reveals how much is to be gained by seeing America’s racial history in an international perspective and confirms George Fredrickson&rsqu
Yet both are influenced by a common heritage of revolutionary republicanism, extensive immigration, and cultural pluralism. One of the world's leading historians of race relations, George Fredrickson in his newest book probes the history of racial and ethnic diversity in the United States and other parts of the world. In contrast to the similarities of race relations in the United States and South Africa, which both drew rigid domestic color lines, the United States and France have historically diverged greatly in their approaches to racial difference. Diverse Nations explores recent interpretations of slavery and race relations in the United States and introduces comparative perspectives on Europe, South Africa, and Brazil. Fredrickson's rich comparisons provide stimulating new insights into the continuing impacts of slavery and beliefs about race upon our increasingly pluralistic societies.. Notably, the book features groundbreaking work comparing ethnoracial pluralism in France and the United States