The rise and fall of the Caucasian race
Subtitle: a political history of racial identity
By: Bruce Baum
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781429415064
Subjects: Minority Studies; Caucasian race; Race identity; Whites; History; Race awareness; Anthropology; Cultural; Political aspects; Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-325) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction : "Caucasians" and the political history of racial identities; title: Before the "Caucasian race" : antecedents of European racialism, ca. 1000-1684; title: Enlightenment science and the invention of the "Caucasian race," 1684-1795; title: Passage into "our ordinary forms of expression" : the "Caucasian race," ca. 1795-1850; title: Racialized nationalism and the partial eclipse of the "Caucasian race," ca. 1840-1935; title: The color line and the "Caucasian race" revival, 1935-51; title: Not-so-benign racialism : the "Caucasian race" after decolonization, 1952-2005; title: "Where Caucasian means black" : "race," nation, and the Chechen wars; title: Conclusion : deconstructing "Caucasia," dismantling racism.