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The Comparative Imagination - On the History of Racism, Nationalism, and Social Movements (Paperback, Revised Ed.)
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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.
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