The Columbian Covenant: Race and the Writing of American History
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Studies, History, Americas
| Author: | James Carson | ISBN: | 9781137438638 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | December 18, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Pivot | Language: | English |
| Author: | James Carson |
| ISBN: | 9781137438638 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | December 18, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Pivot |
| Language: | English |
This provocative analysis of American historiography argues that when scholars use modern racial language to articulate past histories of race and society, they collapse different historical signs of skin color into a transhistorical and essentialist notion of race that implicates their work in the very racial categories they seek to transcend.
This provocative analysis of American historiography argues that when scholars use modern racial language to articulate past histories of race and society, they collapse different historical signs of skin color into a transhistorical and essentialist notion of race that implicates their work in the very racial categories they seek to transcend.
