The rule of racialization : class, identity, governance / Steve Martinot.

Author
Martinot, Steve [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2003.
Description
xiii, 240 p. ; 26 cm.

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Subject(s)
Series
Labor in crisis [More in this series]
Summary note
Offers a look at the invention of whiteness and how the inextricable links between race and class were formed in the seventeenth century and consolidated by custom, social relations, and eventually naturalized by the structures that organize our lives and our work. Arguing that, unlike in Europe, where class formed around the nation-state, race deeply informed how class is defined in this country and, conversely, our unique relationship to class in this country helped in some ways to invent race as a distinction in social relations. Begins tracing this development in the slave plantations in 1600s colonial life. Examines how the social structures encoded there lead to a concrete development of racialization. Then takes us up to the present day, where forms of those structures still inhabit our public and economic institutions. Offers a completely original conception of how race and class have operated in American life throughout the centuries. From publisher description.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-236) and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • History and construction of slavery and race
  • Racialization and class structure
  • Contemporary control stratum
  • Meanings of white racialized identity.
ISBN
  • 1566399815 (alk. paper)
  • 1566399823 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2002020340
OCLC
49566561
RCP
H - S
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