The Rise and Fall of the White Republic
Class Politics and Mass Culture in Nineteenth-century America
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An analysis of how popular and literary culture spread the gospel of white racial superiority.
Táto séria ponúka pôvodné štúdie z oblasti politiky, histórie a kultúry, so zvláštnym zameraním na Severnú Ameriku. Publikácie reprezentujú široké spektrum názorov americkej ľavice na rozmanité témy. Séria osloví socialistov a všetkých so záujmom o politické dedičstvo a aktivizmus. Čitatelia tu nájdu svedectvá o živom odkaze politickej angažovanosti, pre ktorú jej nositelia položili svoje životy.




Class Politics and Mass Culture in Nineteenth-century America
An analysis of how popular and literary culture spread the gospel of white racial superiority.
Traces the history of the U.S. space program from salvaged U-2 rockets to the Challenger tragedy and discusses its influence on American culture
The book delves into the historical transformation of African bond-laborers into slaves, highlighting how this shift led to the emergence of color-based racism in Anglo-America. Allen examines Bacon's Rebellion to illustrate how the plantation elite granted privileges to poor white laborers based on their skin color, effectively "inventing the white race" as a societal construct. This analysis reveals the long-lasting implications of these racial dynamics, extending into contemporary society.
Groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America - volume 2.