The Black Image in the White Mind: The Debate on Afro-American Character and Destiny, 1817-1914
A scholarly study that examines how white intellectuals in nineteenth-century America described Black people from both an intellectual-historical and social-historical perspective. It traces the link between slavery and racial ideas, showing how post-founding debates helped turn prejudice into something systematic.
Work Information
A history of the Black image produced by white society, read through nineteenth-century discourse.
A 343-page study published by Harper & Row. It reads debates over the Black image alongside the spread of ideas among Northern and Southern intellectuals, politicians, and scientific discourse, encouraging readers to think about how racial prejudice took shape in modern American society.
Review Summaries
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It is highly regarded as a history of scholarship on nineteenth-century racial thinking. Readers value its clear structure and its status as a foundation for later research, while its density and seriousness can feel demanding to some.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Published
- 1970-12-31
- Language
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9780060113438
- ISBN-10
- 006011343X
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Reviews
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Brillante histoire intellectuelle du discours raciste
G. Fredrickson nous expose avec érudition et clarté un siècle crucial de discours sur les afro-américains et leur place dans la société américaine. Il part en gros de la réflexion sur la place des noirs libres dans les états américains et la fondation d'une Société pour leur colonisation, c'est-à-dire leur départ vers d'autres contrées, jusqu'à la consolidation d'un racisme pseudo-scientifique au tournant du 20 ème siècle. Entre ces deux pôles, il analyse avec minutie les positions des divers protagonistes qu'ils soient favorables ou hostiles aux noirs, comment les circonstances historiques transforment les discours, et il en expose les fondements idéologiques. On suit ainsi l'évolution des débats tout en voyant se construire des schémas mentaux qui soit sont toujours opérants dans l'espace public, soit nous semblent complètement étrangères. Une étude à lire.
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Great historical facts
This book is old but has ma y historical facts that are not taught today. Info like this fades away and gets lost in time and in books.
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It very amazing book to read 📚
It is a very amazing book to read wonderful history
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Excellent book
George Frederickson seems to want to be about Truth telling. I appreciate his work to uncover Truth.
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George Fredricksons' Best
I recommend this fine works to any one who thirsts for knowledge. George Fredrickson as only he can really makes reading and learning fun. It's a serious piece of history packed in this book, I love it.