The Invention of the White Race
- ISBN-10
- 086091660X
- ISBN-13
- 9780860916604
- Series
- The Invention of the White Race
- Category
- African Americans
- Pages
- 310
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Verso
- Author
- Theodore W. Allen
Description
"A monumental study of the birth of racism in the American South which makes truly new and convincing points about one of the most critical problems in US history a highly original and seminal work."—David Roediger, University of Missouri
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