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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464978603321

Titolo

State of white supremacy [[electronic resource] ] : racism, governance, and the United States / / edited by Moon-Kie Jung, João H. Costa Vargas, and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, : Stanford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-8047-7744-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JungMoon-Kie

VargasJoão Helion Costa

Bonilla-SilvaEduardo <1962->

Disciplina

305.800973

Soggetti

Racism - United States - History

Minorities - United States - Social conditions

Electronic books.

United States Race relations

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Genealogies of Racial Rule; II. Politics of Privilege and Punishment; III. Territory and Terror; Notes; References; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The deeply entrenched patterns of racial inequality in the United States simply do not square with the liberal notion of a nation-state of equal citizens.  Uncovering the false promise of liberalism, State of White Supremacy reveals race to be a fundamental, if flexible, ruling logic that perpetually generates and legitimates racial hierarchy and privilege.Racial domination and violence in the United States are indelibly marked by its origin and ongoing development as an empire-state.  The widespread misrecognition of the United States as a liberal nation-state hinges on th