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Obama and race : history, culture, politics / edited by Richard H. King.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Elections.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Race relations.
- Obama, Barack.
- Presidents--United States--Election--2008.
- Presidents.
- Elections--United States--Sociological aspects.
- Obama, Michelle, 1964-.
- Obama, Michelle.
- Physical Description:
- 199 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2012.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction / Richard H. King
- 2. The riddle of race / Emily Bernard
- 3. 'A curious relationship': Barack Obama, the 1960s and the election of 2008 / Brian Ward
- 4. Barack Hussein Obama: the use of history in the creation of an 'American' president / George Lewis
- 5. Becoming black, becoming president / Richard H. King
- 6. Two great days in Harlem / Carmel King
- 7. How to read Michelle Obama / Maria Lauret
- 8. Barack Obama and the American island of the colour blind / Peter Kuryla
- 9. Barack Obama as the post-racial candidate for a post-racial America: perspectives from Asian America and Hawaii / Jonathan Y. Okamura
- 10. Barack Obama and the South: demography as electoral opportunity / Donald W. Beachler
- 11. Teaching Obama: history, critical race theory and social work education Damon Freeman.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780415686785
- 0415686784
- OCLC:
- 714731151
- Publisher Number:
- 99946419563
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