Emergence of a Slave Caste
Author : Kunjulekshmi Saradamoni
Publisher : New Delhi : People's Publishing House
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,70 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Caste
ISBN :
Author : Kunjulekshmi Saradamoni
Publisher : New Delhi : People's Publishing House
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,70 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Caste
ISBN :
Author : Isabel Wilkerson
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 31,32 MB
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0593230272
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions—now with a new Afterword by the author. #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, O: The Oprah Magazine, NPR, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, New York Post, The New York Public Library, Fortune, Smithsonian Magazine, Marie Claire, Slate, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews Winner of the Carl Sandberg Literary Award • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize • National Book Award Longlist • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist • PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist • PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Longlist • Kirkus Prize Finalist “As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power—which groups have it and which do not.” In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched, and beautifully written narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the nation’s fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people—including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball’s Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others—she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their outcasting of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity. Original and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.
Author : Andrea Major
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 23,13 MB
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1781388423
This book explores the complex interactions between imperial expansion, political abolitionism and colonial philanthropy that underpinned the ambivalent attitudes of both British evangelicals and East India company officials towards the existence of slavery in India in the period 1772–1843.
Author : John Jay
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 23,92 MB
Release : 1843
Category : African American Episcopalians
ISBN :
Author : P. Sanal Mohan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,25 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780198099765
This text pushes further the debates on colonial modernity by bringing to the fore Dalit experience in Kerala. The question of social identity is addressed in this study by analysing the problems of Dalit identity in Kerala. The book is a product of interdisciplinary research based on new archival and ethnographic materials which contributes to debates on colonial modernity.
Author : United Library
Publisher : United Library
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 38,31 MB
Release : 2022-05-31
Category :
ISBN : 9789493261594
For too long, the uncomfortable history of slavery in the United States has been swept under the rug. The 1619 Project seeks to change that, by shining a light on the impact of slavery on our country and its people. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in American history. It tells the story of slavery in the United States, from its beginning to its end. The author provides a detailed account of the slave trade, plantation life, and the abolition movement. You'll also learn about Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in America. If you're looking for an informative and engaging read, this book is for you!
Author : Adoor K. K. Ramachandran Nair
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 28,14 MB
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Kerala (India)
ISBN :
Author : Victor B. Howard
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,67 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780945636946
This book is a biography of John G. Fee, who was a product of the Great Awakening of the early nineteenth century, the economies of the small slave-holding farm, and the intimacies and comradeship of black and white children. Born in Bracken County, Kentucky, in 1816, Fee is a unique figure in the antislavery movement. Most abolitionists were northern born, but they were assisted and supported by many antislavery men who left the South and worked against slavery from the northern states. Both groups addressed themselves to the problem of slavery from the security of the North, but Fee was born in the South and chose to live there and work against the peculiar institution from within its stronghold. He became the most important and influential reformer to wage war against slavery in the South during the nineteenth century and ultimately had the longest career in race relations, extending into the twentieth century. --From publisher's description.
Author : John Jay
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 46,86 MB
Release : 2013-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781314904369
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : Frank W. Sweet
Publisher : Backintyme
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 2000-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780939479122