The Invention of the White Race

  • The Invention of the White Race
    The Invention of the White Race
    By Theodore W. Allen

    "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

  • The Invention of the White Race
    The Invention of the White Race
    By Theodore W. Allen

    The Invention of the White Race is a groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America.

  • The Invention of the White Race: The Origin of Racial Oppression
    The Invention of the White Race: The Origin of Racial Oppression
    By Theodore W. Allen

    In this seminal work, available for the first time here in a single volume, Allen tells how America’s ruling classes created the category of the “white race” as a means of social control.

  • The Invention of the White Race: The Origin of Racial Oppression
    The Invention of the White Race: The Origin of Racial Oppression
    By Theodore W. Allen

    In this seminal work, available for the first time here in a single volume, Allen tells how America’s ruling classes created the category of the “white race” as a means of social control.

  • The Invention of the White Race
    The Invention of the White Race
    By Theodore W. Allen

    Allen traces the history of plantations and slavery to show that it was the degradation of African-bonded labourers into slaves that produced racism based on colour.