LEADER 03650nam 22006494a 450 001 9910452052103321 005 20220208183338.0 010 $a0-8147-0900-1 010 $a1-4294-1506-1 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814709009 035 $a(CKB)1000000000467190 035 $a(EBL)865354 035 $a(OCoLC)782877905 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000238456 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11236380 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238456 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10234314 035 $a(PQKB)11276833 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865354 035 $a(OCoLC)76964406 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10913 035 $a(DE-B1597)548531 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814709009 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865354 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10137129 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000467190 100 $a20050823d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe rise and fall of the Caucasian race$b[electronic resource] $ea political history of racial identity /$fBruce Baum 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (353 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-9893-4 311 $a0-8147-9892-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-325) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : "Caucasians" and the political history of racial identities -- Before the "Caucasian race" : antecedents of European racialism, ca. 1000-1684 -- Enlightenment science and the invention of the "Caucasian race," 1684-1795 -- Passage into "our ordinary forms of expression" : the "Caucasian race," ca. 1795-1850 -- Racialized nationalism and the partial eclipse of the "Caucasian race," ca. 1840-1935 -- The color line and the "Caucasian race" revival, 1935-51 -- Not-so-benign racialism : the "Caucasian race" after decolonization, 1952-2005 -- "Where Caucasian means black" : "race," nation, and the Chechen wars -- Conclusion : deconstructing "Caucasia," dismantling racism. 330 $aThe 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 the light of the changing politics of racial theory and notions of racial identity. With a comprehensive sweep that encompasses the understanding of "race" even before the use of the term ?Caucasian,? Baum traces the major trends in scientific and intellectual understandings of ?race? from the Middle Ages to the present day. Baum?s conclusions make an unprecedented attempt to separate modern science and politics from a long history of racial classification. He offers significant insights into our understanding of race and how the ?Caucasian race? has been authoritatively invented, embraced, displaced, and recovered throughout our history. 606 $aCaucasian race$xHistory 606 $aRace awareness$xPolitical aspects 606 $aWhite people$xRace identity 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCaucasian race$xHistory. 615 0$aRace awareness$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aWhite people$xRace identity. 676 $a305.809/073 700 $aBaum$b Bruce David$f1960-$0977357 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452052103321 996 $aThe rise and fall of the Caucasian race$92462810 997 $aUNINA