{"product_id":"race-the-history-of-an-idea-in-america-paperback","title":"Race: The History of an Idea in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas F. Gossett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2023 Reprint of the 1963 U.S. Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition and not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. \"When Thomas Gossett's \u003cem\u003eRace: The History of an Idea in America \u003c\/em\u003eappeared in 1963, it explored the impact of race theory on American letters in a way that anticipated the investigation of race and culture being conducted today. Bold, rigorous, and broad in scope, Gossett's book quickly established itself as a critical resource to younger scholars seeking a candid, theoretically sophisticated treatment of race in American cultural history.\"-Oxford University Press Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGossett covers material from colonial race theory and its European antecedents, through eighteenth- and nineteenth- century race pseudoscience, to the racialist dimension of American thought and literature emerging against backgrounds such as Anglo-Saxonism, westward expansion, Social Darwinism, xenophobia, World War I, and modern racial theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents: Early race theories -- England's American colonies and race theories -- Eighteenth-century anthropology -- Nineteenth-century anthropology -- The Teutonic origins theory -- The study of language and literature -- Race and Social Darwinism -- The Social Gospel and race -- Literary naturalism and race -- The Indian in the nineteenth century -- The status of the Negro: 1865-1915 -- Anti-immigration agitation: 1865-1915 -- Imperialism and the Anglo-Saxon -- World War I and racism -- Racism in the 1920's -- The scientific revolt against racism -- The battle against prejudice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 524\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45837581058245,"sku":"9781684227907","price":34.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/DKcuuNqU49781684227907.webp?v=1771281734","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/race-the-history-of-an-idea-in-america-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}