Roots of American racism : essays on the Colonial experience / Alden T. Vaughan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaughan, Alden T., 1929-2024, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--United States--History.

Racism.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p. ) frontispiece, halftones, 1 map, line figures, tables

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

This collection of essays focuses principally on Indian/White and Black/White relations in colonial America. While the princippal concern of the book is on the interaction of culture and races, its more specific focus is on perception and policies, based upon the mental impression whites fashioned to help understand Native American and African American and the colonial policies that evolved from these perceptions.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-241) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771595-8

1-280-44227-1

1-4237-6493-5

0-19-535868-6

1-60129-958-3

OCLC:

1406783571