num_pages: 397
description: In this acclaimed historical study, Alexander Saxton establishes the centrality of white racism to American politics and culture. Examining images of race at a popular level – from blackface minstrelsy to the construction of the Western hero, from grassroots political culture to dime novels – as well as the philosophical constructions of the political elite, it is a powerful and comprehensive account of the ideological forces at work in the formation of modern America.
language: English
title: The Rise and Fall of the White Republic: Class Politics and Mass Culture in Nineteenth Century America, New Edition
titlecomplete: The Rise and Fall of the White Republic: Class Politics and Mass Culture in Nineteenth Century America, New Edition
genres: History, United States, American History, Class, Race, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 32
series: The Haymarket Series
publisher: Verso