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Book SynopsisThe essays in this volume are arranged so as to allow a clear understanding of how and why white political supremecy came to be in the early United States.
Trade ReviewAn important contribution to the ongoing debates... * Journal of the Early Republic *
This is a book that should fill multiple niches. It could be used profitably in the classroom in courses on race, politics, the early republic, or the coming of the Civil War. It could also serve as an excellent bridge for political historians interested in learning more about contemporary race theory or for scholars in other disciplines looking for historical context for their studies. In any case, it is an accessible and rewarding read. * New York History *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Pursuit of Whiteness: Property, Terror, and Expansion, 1790-1860 Chapter 3 "Believing That Many of the Red People Suffer Much for the Want of Food": Hunting, Agriculture, and a Quaker Construction of Indianness in the Early Republic Chapter 4 From Class to Race in Early America: Northern Post-Emancipation Racial Reconstruction Chapter 5 The "Condition" Debate and Racial Discourse in the Antebellum North Chapter 6 "Here in America There Is Neither King Nor Tyrant": European Encounters with Race, "Freedom," and Their European Pasts Chapter 7 Modernizing "Difference": The Political Meanings of Color in the Free States, 1776-1840 Chapter 8 Making the "White Man's Country" White: Race, Slavery, and State-Building in the Jacksonian South Chapter 9 "We Have a Country": Race, Geography, and the Invention of Indian Territory Chapter 10 The Culmination of Racial Polarities and Prejudice
