{"product_id":"0393339742","title":"The History of White People","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdvance praise for \u003cb\u003eThe History of White People\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Deeply researched, intelligent, and wonderfully common-sensical, this is a ground-breaking book, and if we’re ever going to get to that so- called ‘post-racial’ society, a necessary book. It locates race where it actually exists, inside our heads, and shows us how recently it came to reside there.”—Russell Banks, author of \u003cb\u003eThe Sweet Hereafter\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAffliction\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In this wide-ranging and passionate book, Nell Painter makes the story of American history into something new. Her array of writers, artists, and politicians, some familiar and some surprising, struggle mightily to create a concept many Americans of all backgrounds now take for granted: ‘white people.’ ”—Edward Ayers, author of \u003cb\u003eIn the Presence of Mine Enemies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cb\u003eThe History of White People\u003c\/b\u003e is a brilliant meditation on the invention of the idea of ‘whiteness.’ Deeply researched and elegantly written, Painter’s presentation will certainly spark conversation and controversy—as it should. Painter’s high-octane intelligence makes her perfectly suited to the task.”—Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003cb\u003eThe Hemingses of Monticello\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Nell Painter’s \u003cb\u003eThe History of White People\u003c\/b\u003e is an amazing race-bending narrative. With grace and energy, she confronts the myth of white people as race-less. She offers an eye-opening examination of slavery, the creation of white-ness, and the way in which racial categories have been both false and destructive. This is story-telling at its best.”—Ellen Goodman, syndicated columnist, \u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e Writers Group\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Not since Stephen Jay Gould’s \u003cb\u003eThe Mismeasure of Man\u003c\/b\u003e has there been such a synoptically provocative appreciation of the myths by which a now demographically challenged people sustained themselves and restrained others.”—David Levering Lewis, professor of history, New York University Abu Dhabi, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003cb\u003eW. E. B. Du Bois, 1868–1919: Biography of a Race\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited States\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Study \u0026amp; Educational Resources\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eHistoriography\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eCultural \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBook details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Painter, Nell Irvin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780393339741\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":49320384561342,"sku":"0393339742-3","price":7.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/41CRDNaH5IL.jpg?v=1792162457","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0393339742","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}