Carol Berkin's multicultural history reconstructs the lives of American women in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries-women from European; African; and Native backgrounds-and examines their varied roles as wives; mothers; household managers; laborers; rebels; and; ultimately; critical forces in shaping the new nation's culture and history.
#1337979 in Books The University of North Carolina Press 2008-09-01 2008-09-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 10.25 x .47 x 7.13l; .68 #File Name: 0807859257208 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great book about the odd madness of racismBy snaxlegProfessor Smith; an Englishman living in North Carolina; has written a trenchant analysis of the origins of racism in the United States. I cannot exagerate my admiration of the work. And very witty too. You will like his take on completely crazy Southern observations concerning increasing albinism among slave children in the mid-19th century. The salutary effect of Christianity and propinquity to civilization indeed.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great book; shameful printing on-demandBy cp5centsThis book on the construction of race through the senses is well-researched and accessible to academics and a general audience alike. Unfortunately; provided a copy that was print-on-demand and poorly bound; raising concerns that the book was not; in fact; from the publisher itself. It adds insult to the injury of copyright violation of an academic press book when I realized that the publisher of Smith's monograph is UNC-Chapel Hill; my alma mater.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Must readBy Nestor'How Race Is Made' is among the most deeply insightful and genuinely thought provoking books on the subject of the history of racism in the United States that I have read. Through extensive research and countless examples from the colonial period though the 1950's; Mr. Smith has provided us with a shocking and unvarnished portrait of the justifications manufactured by whites in America for slavery and segregation. The extensive literature that exists on the subject alone is disturbing and yet; Mr. Smith managed to draw me through the details without leaving me encumbered by a wall of facts.
