{"product_id":"birth-of-a-white-nation-jacqueline-battalora-9780367517335","title":"Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirth of a White Nation, Second Edition\u003c\/em\u003e examines the social construction of race through the invention of white people. Surveying colonial North American law and history, the book interrogates the origins of racial inequality and injustice in American society, and details how the invention still serves to protect the ruling elite to the present day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis second edition documents the proliferation of ideas imposed and claimed throughout history that have conspired to give content, form, and social meaning to one's racial classification. Beginning its expanded narrative with the development of diverse Native American societies through contact with European colonizers in the Tidewater region, and progressing to the emigration of Mexicans, Irish, and other \"non-whites\", this new edition addresses the ongoing production and reproduction of whiteness as a distinct and dominant social category. It also looks to the future by developing a new, applied framework for countering racial inequality and promoting greater awareness of anti-racist policies and practices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirth of a White Nation\u003c\/em\u003e will be of great interest to students, scholars, and general readers seeking to make sense of the dramatic racial inequities of our time and to forge an antiracist path forward. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacqueline Battalora\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367517337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367517335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Jacqueline Battalora","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43982419198207,"sku":"9780367517335","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da480c9b-4b98-4f9e-b8bd-dbca99cafe7b.jpg?v=1683261051","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/birth-of-a-white-nation-jacqueline-battalora-9780367517335","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}