Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United State: Converging Paths?
Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States extends our current and historical understandings of the topic beyond the United States and takes readers to a country in which multiracialism has long been an important component of national identity. G. Reginald Daniel's extensive knowledge of both cases, along with his skillful comparison of the two, adds theoretical depth to the emerging debates around race and multiracialism. --Edward Telles, UCLA, author of Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in BrazilDaniel's book is a careful and convincingly argued exposition on race and race mixture in the U.S. and Brazil. Broad in scope, impressive in detail, with a bold and compelling thesis, this book brings clarity to the comparative analysis of race in the U.S. and Brazil and offers a richly theoretical argument about divergent trends in patterns of racialization in the two nations. At a time when scholars of race in the U.S. can no longer afford to ignore the nation with the largest population of African descent in the Americas, G. Reginald Daniel's book will be essential reading for scholars and students alike. --Stephen Small, University of California, BerkeleyWhether you agree or not with the author's prescriptions, the book brings new light to new and old problems and is a more than useful contribution to the ongoing comparison of Brazil and the USA. --Peter Fry, Journal of Latin American StudiesDaniel's book is a careful and convincingly argued exposition on race and race mixture in the U.S. and Brazil. Broad in scope, impressive in detail, with a bold and compelling thesis, this book brings clarity to the comparative analysis of race in the U.S. and Brazil and offers a richly theoretical argument about divergent trends in patterns of racialization in the two nations. At a time when scholars of race in the U.S. can no longer afford to ignore the nation with the largest population of African descent in the Americas, G. Reginald Daniel's book will be essential reading for scholars and students alike. --Stephen Small, University of California, BerkeleyWhether you agree or not with the author's prescriptions, the book brings new light to new and old problems and is a more than useful contribution to the ongoing comparison of Brazil and the USA. --Peter Fry, Journal of Latin American Studies