Race : the history of an idea in America /

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Author / Creator:Gossett, Thomas F., 1916-2005.
Edition:New ed.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Description:1 online resource (xxii, 520 pages).
Language:English
Series:Race and American culture
Race and American culture.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11140095
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ISBN:1423740696
9781423740698
9780195097771
0195097777
0195097785
9780195097788
9780198025825
0198025823
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-510) and index.
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Summary:When Tom Gosset's Race: The History of an Idea in America appeared more than a generation ago, it explored the impact of race theory on literature in a way that anticipated the entire current scholarly discourse on the subject. Though it has gone out of print, it has never been rendered obsolete. Its reprinting is a boon to younger scholars in particular who are unfamiliar with its rich presentation of fact and its clear, efficient analysis, from which so much later theorizing has developed. With a new afterword by and about the author, and an introduction by series editors Arnold Rampersad an.
Other form:Print version: Gossett, Thomas F., 1916- Race. New ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 0195097777 0195097785