The White Man's Burden: Historical Origins of Racism in the United States by Winthrop D. Jordan

The White Man's Burden: Historical Origins of Racism in the United States

Winthrop D. Jordan

256 pages first pub 1974 (editions)

nonfiction history race informative reflective slow-paced

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An abridgement of the acclaimed White Over Black, which won both the National Book Award and a Bancroft Prize. This study attempts to answer a simple question: What were the attitudes of white men toward Negroes during the first two centuries of E...

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