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The wages of whiteness : race and the making of the American working class
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- Summary
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Studies working class racism in the United States and discusses what psychological and ideological beliefs contribute to the racial stereotypes that separate white and African-American workers.
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- Creator
- David R. Roediger
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Rev. and new ed
- London ; New York : Verso, [2007]
- ©2007
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xxvi, 195 pages ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781844671458, 1844671453, 1844671267, 9781844671267
- OCLC
- ocn298104931, ocn825071119, ocn123798785
- Originally published: 1991.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-187) and index.
- Introducing the white worker -- Race and the languages of class from the Revolution to the Civil War -- Work, culture, and whiteness in industrializing America -- The limits of emancipation and the fate of working class whiteness