Race : The History of an Idea in America.
Title:
Race : The History of an Idea in America.
Author:
Gossett, Thomas F.
ISBN:
9780198025825
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (545 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- I. Early Race Theories -- II. England's American Colonies and Race Theories -- III. Eighteenth-Century Anthropology -- IV. Nineteenth-Century Anthropology -- V. The Teutonic Origins Theory -- VI. The Study of Language and Literature -- VII. Race and Social Darwinism -- VIII. The Social Gospel and Race -- IX. Literary Naturalism and Race -- X. The Indian in the Nineteenth Century -- XI. The Status of the Negro: 1865-1915 -- XII. Anti-Immigration Agitation: 1865-1915 -- XIII. Imperialism and the Anglo-Saxon -- XIV. World War I and Racism -- XV. Racism in the 1920s -- XVI. The Scientific Revolt Against Racism -- XVII. The Battle Against Prejudice -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
When Tom Gosset's Race: The History of an Idea in America appeared more than a generation ago, it explored the impact of race theory on literature in a way that anticipated the entire current scholarly discourse on the subject. Though it has gone out of print, it has never been rendered obsolete. Its reprinting is a boon to younger scholars in particular who are unfamiliar with its rich presentation of fact and its clear, efficient analysis, from which so much later theorizing has developed. With a new afterword by and about the author, and an introduction by series editors Arnold Rampersad and Shelley Fisher Fishkin, this edition should find a wide readership among young scholars and students working in African-American, literary, and cultural studies.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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