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

• Pubblicazione: Stanford, : Stanford University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.800973
• Soggetto topico: Racism - United States - History; Minorities - United States - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations; United States Politics and government
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: JungMoon-Kie VargasJoão Helion Costa Bonilla-SilvaEduardo <1962->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: State of white supremacy
• ISBN: 0-8047-7744-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464978603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II