
The Roots of American Racism
Essays on the Colonial Experience
Vaughan(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 13. July 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-19-508687-4 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays focuses principally on India/White and Black/White relations in colonial America. While the principal 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 Americans and African Americans, and the colonial policies that evolved from these precepts.
One section of the book deals specifically with changing European perceptions of Indians and blacks. some of these were base upon false impressions later reversed. Many of them continued to be antagonistic to the two races. A section on "Culture and Race in Early Virginia" deals both with English subjection of the Indians and with later debate over the introduction of slavery into the colony. The final section, titled "Puritans and Indians," deals with Puritan wars against the Pequot Indians, tests of Puritan justice towards Indians, and general development of white-Indian relations in New England from 1605 to 1763.
These are a series of provocative essays - some of them revised from published essays, some written specifically for the book - that put race relations in colonial America into a new perspective.
One section of the book deals specifically with changing European perceptions of Indians and blacks. some of these were base upon false impressions later reversed. Many of them continued to be antagonistic to the two races. A section on "Culture and Race in Early Virginia" deals both with English subjection of the Indians and with later debate over the introduction of slavery into the colony. The final section, titled "Puritans and Indians," deals with Puritan wars against the Pequot Indians, tests of Puritan justice towards Indians, and general development of white-Indian relations in New England from 1605 to 1763.
These are a series of provocative essays - some of them revised from published essays, some written specifically for the book - that put race relations in colonial America into a new perspective.
Reviews / Votes
Vaughan's mastery of the primary and secondary sources and secondary literature is evident...Vaughan is clearly invigorated by the debate and open to new findings. His is an important voice in the dialogue on race in America. The North Carolina Historical ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
frontispiece, halftones, 1 map, line figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
603 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-508687-4 (9780195086874)
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