The United States of the United Races: A Utopian History of Racial Mixing

by Greg Carter

Book Overview

Barack Obama's historic presidency has re-inserted mixed race into the national conversation. While the troubled and pejorative history of racial amalgamation throughout U.S. history is a familiar story, The United States of the United Races reconsiders an understudied optimist tradition, one which has praised mixture as a means to create a new people, bring equality to all, and fulfill an American destiny. In this genealogy, Greg Carter re-envisions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814772501
• ISBN13: 9780814772508
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"