American Race Relations and the Legacy of British Colonialism
Title | American Race Relations and the Legacy of British Colonialism PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas H. Stanton |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 73 |
Release | 2020-03-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1000053113 |
Colonial rule distorts a colony’s economy and its society, and British rule was no exception. British policies led to a stratified American colonial society with slaves on the bottom and white settlers on top. The divided society functioned through laws that imposed rules and defined roles of the respective races. This occurred in other colonies too, often leading to strife that continues today. Especially since World War II the United States seems finally to have been able to remove many laws and practices that had created barriers between races in the divided society. Appeals to legitimacy, such as by abolitionists and the Civil Rights Movement, were essential to change laws from support of the divided society to instruments for disestablishing it. Thanks to the rule of law – another important British legacy -- the U.S. is much farther along than many former colonies in making progress. By highlighting the history of the interplay of two fundamental concepts, the divided society and the rule of law, and briefly contrasting the experiences of other former colonies, this book shows how the United States has made significant long-term progress, although incomplete, and ways for this to continue today.
Science, race relations and resistance
Title | Science, race relations and resistance PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas A. Lorimer |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 504 |
Release | 2015-11-01 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1526102676 |
By exploring the dimensions of race, race relations and resistance, this book offers a new account of the British Empire’s greatest failure and its most disturbing legacy. Using a wide range of published and archival sources, this study of racial discourse from 1870 to 1914 argues that race, then as now, was a contested territory within the metropolitan culture. Based on a wide range of published and archival sources, this book uncovers the conflicting opinions that characterised late Victorian and Edwardian discourse on the ‘colour question’. It offers a revisionist account of race in science, and provides original studies of the invention of the language of race relations and of resistance to race-thinking led by radical abolitionists and persons of Asian and African descent living in the United Kingdom. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of race, colonialism and culture, and to a readership interested in the history of science and race, anti-slavery and humanitarian movements, and the roots of anti-racist resistance.
Race Relations in British North America, 1607-1783
Title | Race Relations in British North America, 1607-1783 PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce A. Glasrud |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780882293882 |
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Roots of American Racism
Title | Roots of American Racism PDF eBook |
Author | Alden T. Vaughan |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780195086867 |
This collection of essays focuses principally on ethnic relations in colonial America. While the principal concern of the book is the interaction of culture and races, its more specific focus is on the evolution of colonial policies that arose from European perceptions of native Americans.
Post Imperial Fragmentation: the Legacy of Ethnic and Racial Conflict
Title | Post Imperial Fragmentation: the Legacy of Ethnic and Racial Conflict PDF eBook |
Author | Ali AlʼAmin Mazrui |
Publisher | |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Africa |
ISBN |
Unbecoming British
Title | Unbecoming British PDF eBook |
Author | Kariann Akemi Yokota |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 2010-11-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199779910 |
What can homespun cloth, stuffed birds, quince jelly, and ginseng reveal about the formation of early American national identity? In this wide-ranging and bold new interpretation of American history and its Founding Fathers, Kariann Akemi Yokota shows that political independence from Britain fueled anxieties among the Americans about their cultural inferiority and continuing dependence on the mother country. Caught between their desire to emulate the mother country and an awareness that they lived an ocean away on the periphery of the known world, they went to great lengths to convince themselves and others of their refinement. Taking a transnational approach to American history, Yokota examines a wealth of evidence from geography, the decorative arts, intellectual history, science, and technology to underscore that the process of "unbecoming British" was not an easy one. Indeed, the new nation struggled to define itself economically, politically, and culturally in what could be called America's postcolonial period. Out of this confusion of hope and exploitation, insecurity and vision, a uniquely American identity emerged.
Racism: a Very Short Introduction
Title | Racism: a Very Short Introduction PDF eBook |
Author | Ali Rattansi |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 209 |
Release | 2020-03-26 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0198834799 |
There is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular formula Power + Prejudice= Racism. But in reality, racism is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon that cannot be captured by such definitions. In our world today there are a variety of racisms at play, and it is necessary to distinguish between issues such as individual prejudice, and systematic racisms which entrench racialiazed inequalities over time. This Very Short Introduction explores the history of racial ideas and a wide range of racisms - biological, cultural, colour-blind, and structural - and illuminates issues that have been the subject of recent debates. Is Islamophobia a form of racism? Is there a new antisemitism? Why has whiteness become an important source of debate? What is Intersectionality? What is unconscious or implicit bias, and what is its importance in understanding racial discrimination? Ali Rattansi tackles these questions, and also shows why African Americans and other ethnic minorities in the USA and Europe continue to suffer from discrimination today that results in ongoing disadvantage in these white dominant societies. Finally he explains why there has been a resurgence of national populist and far-right movements and explores their implications for the future of racism. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.