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Anti-Racism in U.S. History: The First Two Hundred Years by Herbert Aptheker
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Publication Date
- 1992-02-28
- Pages
- 264
- ISBN
- 9780313281990
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0313281998
ISBN-13
9780313281990
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66311
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Anti-Racism in U. S. History : the First Two Hundred Years
Publication Year
1992
Subject
Civil Rights, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), United States / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Series
Contributions in American History Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
19.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
91-024177
Reviews
"Historians, Aptheker argues, have frequently noted but rarely developed the point that throughout the two centuries of North American racial slavery, substantial numbers of whites rejected racist rationales for the "peculiar institution" and displayed a remarkable degree of interracial egalitarianism. Marshaling a large quantity of documentary evidence, Aptheker seeks to draw attention to the pervasiveness of what he calls "anti-racism" in Euro-American culture. The definition of racism in use here is a narrow one--what historians usually describe as "ideological" racism: systematic, pseudoscientific theories of inherent racial inferiority. Consequently, it is easy to concede Aptheker's point yet to wonder that so many white Americans lived comfortably with "societal" racism: de facto black inferiority based on established status relationships. It seems to have been the latter, after all, that had the greatest impact on the actual life opportunities for African Americans in American society. All levels." Choice, "The preeminent Marxist historian of the African American experience has produced another major work that will provoke debate and stimulate reevaluation; this time of the character and extent of anti-racism in the nation's history. Herbert Aptheker has written an important and wise book which resonates with impressive scholarship and an impassioned affirmation that racism can be fought and eradicated, that black and white unity can be battled for and won." Science & Society, "Aptheker's usual care and exhaustive knowledge of primary and secondary sources are evident and impressive." The Historian, "This book is especially valuable for the large number of instances where whites sided with blacks, sometimes including outright revolts. Herbert Aptheker has himself rendered us all a great service by restoring the record of racial solidarity, justice, understanding and a common culture in America. This is a record that should be known and taught in all our schools and colleges throughout the country." People's Culture, "Now Aptheker offers another readjustment of our intellectual and moral sights. This present volume on the first two hundred years of "anti-racism" in the United States ends with the American Civil War, but another volume is promised, which will take the story into the early twentieth century. This book presents a great deal of evidence that shows racism met considerable opposition in this country for many years." American Historical Review
Dewey Edition
20
Series Volume Number
No. 143
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
305.8/00973
Table Of Content
Introduction Anti-Racism: Denial and Distortion Questioning Racism's Pervasiveness Anti-Racism's Presence: Examples from the Literature Sexual Relations Rejecting Racism by Joint Struggle Grégoire, Banneker, and Jeffersonianism "Inferiority" and Poets, Preachers, and Teachers "Inferiority" and Entrepreneurs, Seamen, and Cowboys From Egypt to Philosophes to Quakers The American and French Revolutions The Republic's Early Years The New Century's Youth Lane Rebels and Black Rebels Abolitionism and Racism Immortals of Literature and Martyrs for Freedom From Liberty Party to Republican Party The Crisis Decade The Civil War and Emancipation Bibliographic Comment Index
Synopsis
Many books, both popular and scholarly, have examined racism in the United States, but this unique volume is the first to examine the existence of anti-racism in the first two hundred years of U.S. history. Herbert Aptheker challenges the view that racism was universally accepted by whites. His book thoroughly debunks the myth that white people never cared about the plight of African-Americans until just before the outbreak of the Civil War. Covering the period from the 1600s through the 1860s, Aptheker begins with a short introduction and a questioning of racism's pervasiveness, taking examples of anti-racism from the literature. He then devotes sections to sexual relations, racism and anti-racism, to joint struggles to reject racism, and to a discussion of Gregoire, Banneker, and Jeffersonianism. Next he considers inferiority as viewed by poets, preachers, and teachers and by entrepreneuers, seamen, and cowboys. After a consideration of the Quakers, he turns his attention to the American and French revolutions and racism and to the Republic's early years and racism. Aptheker then devotes several sections to Abolitionism and concludes the work with the the Crisis Decade, the Civil War, Emancipation, and anti-racism. This book by a well-known scholar in the field will be of interest to all concerned with U.S. history and African American history.
LC Classification Number
E185
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