Race in North America
Subtitle: origin and evolution of a worldview
By: Audrey Smedley and Brian Smedley
Contributors: Smedley, Brian D.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780813345543; 9780813345550
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Black race; HISTORY / North America; HISTORY / Social History; Slavery; Racism; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General; Race; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies; History
Description: "In Race in North America, Audrey Smedley shows that "race" is a cultural invention that has been used variously and opportunistically since the eighteenth century. Race, in its origin, was not a product of science but of a folk ideology reflecting a new form of social stratification and a rationalization for inequality among the peoples of North America. New coauthor Brian Smedley joins Audrey Smedley in updating this renowned and groundbreaking text. The fourth edition includes a compelling new chapter on the health impacts of the racial worldview, as well as a thoroughly rewritten chapter that explores the election of Barack Obama and the evolving role of race in American political history. This edition also incorporates recent findings on the human genome and the implications of genomics. Drawing on new understandings of DNA expression, the authors scrutinize the positions of contemporary race scientists who maintain that race is a valid biological concept"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.