The Rise and Fall of the Caucasian Race : : A Political History of Racial Identity / / Bruce Baum.
The term “Caucasian” is a curious invention of the modern age. Originating in 1795, the word identifies both the peoples of the Caucasus Mountains region as well as those thought to be “Caucasian”. Bruce Baum explores the history of the term and the category of the “Caucasian race” more broadly in t...
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2006] ©2006 |
Year of Publication: | 2006 |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Before the “Caucasian Race”
- 2 Enlightenment Science and the Invention of the “Caucasian Race,” 1684–1795
- 3 Passage into “Our Ordinary Forms of Expression”
- 4 Racialized Nationalism and the Partial Eclipse of the “Caucasian Race,” ca. 1840–1935
- 5 The Color Line and the “Caucasian Race” Revival, 1935–51
- 6 Not-so-Benign Racialism
- 7 “Where Caucasian Means Black”
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author