Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Comparative ImaginationCondition: NewSubtitle: On the History of Racism, Nationalism, and Social MovementsISBN-10: 0520224841EAN: 9780520224841ISBN: 9780520224841Publisher: University of California PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/08/2000Description: In this collection of essays, an eminent American historian of race relations discusses issues central to our understanding of the history of racism, the role of racism, and the possibilites for justice in contemporary society. George M. Fredrickson provides an eloquent and vigorous examination of race relations in the United States and South Africa and at the same time illuminates the emerging field of comparative history--history that is explicitly cross-cultural in its comparisons of nations, eras, or social structures. Taken together, these thought-provoking, accessible essays--several never before published--bring new precision and depth to our understanding of racism and justice, both historically and for society today. The first group of essays in The Comparative Imagination summarizes and evaluates the cross-national comparative history written in the past fifty years. These essays pay particular attention to comparative work on slavery and race relations, frontiers, nation-building and the growth of modern welfare states, and class and gender relations.The second group of essays represents some of Fredrickson's own explorations into the cross-cultural study of race and racism. Included are new essays covering such topics as the theoretical and cross-cultural meaning of racism, the problem of race in liberal thought, and the complex relationship between racism and state-based nationalism. The third group contains Fredrickson's recent work on anti-racist and black liberation movements in the United States and South Africa, especially in the period since World War II. In addition, Fredrickson's provocative introduction breaks significant new intellectual ground, outlining a justification for the methods of comparative history in light of such contemporary intellectual trends as the revival of narrative history and the predominance of postmodern thought.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 408gAuthor: George M. FredricksonGenre: HistoryItem Width: 18mmRelease Year: 2000 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Comparative Imagination
Title: The Comparative Imagination
Subtitle: On the History of Racism, Nationalism, and Social Movements
ISBN-10: 0520224841
EAN: 9780520224841
ISBN: 9780520224841
Release Date: 07/08/2000
Release Year: 2000
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 241 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Comparative Imagination : on the History of Racism, Nationalism, and Social Movements
Publisher: University of California Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Discrimination & Race Relations, Africa / General, Social History, United States / General, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism
Publication Year: 2000
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, History
Author: George M. Fredrickson
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
