Author/Contributor(s): | Allen, Theodore W.; Perry, Jeffrey B. |
Publisher: | Verso |
Date: | 11/20/2012 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Condition: | NEW |
Volume I draws lessons from Irish history, comparing British rule in Ireland with the “white” oppression of Native Americans and African Americans. Allen details how Irish immigrants fleeing persecution learned to spread racial oppression in their adoptive country as part of white America.
Since publication in the mid-nineties, The Invention of the White Race has become indispensable in debates on the origins of racial oppression in America. In this updated edition, scholar Jeffrey B. Perry provides a new introduction, a short biography of the author and a study guide.