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Author Torres, Rodolfo D., 1949-

Title Race Defaced : Paradigms of Pessimism, Politics of Possibility
Published Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (256 pages)
Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Hopeful Subjects and the "System of Natural Liberty"; Chapter 2: The Weakness of Whiteness; Chapter 3: From Social Democratic Race Relations to Multicultural Capitalism; Chapter 4: Other than Mexicans; Chapter 5: What May I Hope?; Chapter 6: A Prelude to Class; Notes; Index
Summary & DIV & From Manifest Destiny to the White Man's Burden, Harold Macmillan to Tony Blair, and John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama-the historical development of racial doctrine has been closely connected to the relationship between radical and conservative politics. This book compares different forms of racism and anti-racism in the United States and Great Britain from the 19th century to today, situating the development of racial doctrine within the political movements of the modern capitalist world order. & BR & & BR & In conversation with current debates, this work places the treatment of racialized human
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Racism -- United States -- History
Racism -- Great Britain -- History
Anti-racism -- United States -- History
Anti-racism -- Great Britain -- History
Capitalism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History
Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Anti-racism
Capitalism -- Social aspects
Race relations -- Political aspects
Racism
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History
Great Britain -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History
Subject Great Britain
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Kyriakides, Christopher.
ISBN 9780804783156
0804783152