
White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American and South African History
White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American and South African History
In this first comparative history of race relations in the United States and South Africa, George M. Fredrickson uncovers parallels and differences in the origin and expression of white supremacy in the two countries. He traces the history of slavery in its different guises from the colonial period through the coming of industrialization, when the paths of the two countries diverged dramatically, to our own turbulent present.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Year
- 1981
- ISBN-13
- 9780195030426
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- White supremacyComparative race relationsSlavery
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1983)
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryShortlistedMajor(1982)
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