The Comparative Imagination
Subtitle: On the History of Racism, Nationalism, and Social Movements
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: July 8, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9780520224841
Subjects: Cultural studies; Ethnography; History: theory & methods; Racism & racial discrimination; Social history; Sociology; Social Science; History - General History; Republic of South Africa; USA; General; History / General; Sociology - General
First sentence: Surveying recent comparative work by American historians is not an easy task; for there is no firm agreement on what comparative history is or how it should be done.