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
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780814798928
Subjects: Caucasian race -- History.; Race awareness -- Political aspects.; Whites -- Race identity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : "Caucasians" and the political history of racial identities; title: Before the "Caucasian race" : antecedents of European racialism, c. 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," c. 1795-1850; title: Racialized nationalism and the partial eclipse of the "Caucasian race," c. 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.