White Supremacy

A Comparative Study of American and South African History

By: George M. Fredrickson

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Paperback | 1 February 1982

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A comparative history of race relations in the U.S. and South Africa seeks to explain the different paths each nation followed

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"The history of race relations on two continents is enormously enriched by this comparative study."--C. Vann Woodward, Yale University "A stunning work, Fredrickson's book is the most important study--by far--of race relations written in our time."--Herbert Gutman "One of the most brilliant and successful studies in comparative history ever written...[S]heds new light on the entire sweep of American and South African history."--David Brion Davis, The New York Times Book Review "Thorough and interesting. Valuable background for my students."--Darcy James, Lewis Clark State College "Sophisticated, well-focused, and accessible...[P]rovides exactly the context I need for a course in Apartheid."--Judiana Lawrence, St. John Fisher College

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Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Social Discrimination & Inequality Social Groups Ethnic Studies Black & Asian Studies

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
White Supremacy	p. 1
Settlement and Subjugation, 1600-1840	p. 3
The Rise of Racial Slavery in the South and the Cape	p. 54
Race Mixture and the Color Line	p. 94
Liberty, Union, and White Supremacy, 1776-1910	p. 136
Industrialism, White Labor, and Racial Discrimination	p. 199
Two Strange Careers: Segregation in South Africa and the South	p. 239
Chronology of Major Events	p. 283
Notes	p. 289
Index	p. 341
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