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A mind-expanding and myth-destroying exploration of notions of white race—not merely a skin color but also a signal of power, prestige, and beauty to be withheld and granted selectively. Ever since the Enlightenment, race theory and its inevitable partner, racism, have followed a crooked road, constructed by dominant peoples to justify their domination of others. Filling a huge gap in historical literature that long focused on the non-white, eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter guides us through more than two thousand years of Western civilization, tracing not only the invention of the idea of race but also the frequent worship of “whiteness” for economic, social, scientific, and political ends.
Our story begins in Greek and Roman antiquity, where the concept of race did not exist, only geography and the opportunity to conquer and enslave others. Not until the eighteenth century did an obsession with whiteness flourish, with the German invention of the notion of Caucasian beauty. This theory made northern Europeans into “Saxons,” “Anglo-Saxons,” and “Teutons,” envisioned as uniquely handsome natural rulers. Here was a worldview congenial to northern Europeans bent on empire. There followed an explosion of theories of race, now focusing on racial temperament as well as skin color. Spread by such intellectuals as Madame de Stael and Thomas Carlyle, white race theory soon reached North America with a vengeance.
Its chief spokesman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, did the most to label Anglo-Saxons—icons of beauty and virtue—as the only true Americans. It was an ideal that excluded not only blacks but also all ethnic groups not of Protestant, northern European background. The Irish and Native Americans were out and, later, so were the Chinese, Jews, Italians, Slavs, and Greeks—all deemed racially alien. Did immigrations threaten the very existence of America? Americans were assumed to be white, but who among poor immigrants could become truly American?
A tortured and convoluted series of scientific explorations developed—theories intended to keep Anglo-Saxons at the top: the ever-popular measurement of skulls, the powerful eugenics movement, and highly biased intelligence tests—all designed to keep working people out and down. As Painter reveals, power—supported by economics, science, and politics—continued to drive exclusionary notions of whiteness until, deep into the twentieth century, political realities enlarged the category of truly American.
A story filled with towering historical figures, The History of White People forcefully reminds us that the concept of one white race is a recent invention. The meaning, importance, and realty of this all-too-human thesis of race have buckled under the weight of a long and rich unfolding of events.
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A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions off the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II—and how America allowed them to get away with it.
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- De I. M. Rightwriter en 07-11-23
De: David de Jong
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Silent Spring Revolution
- John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening
- De: Douglas Brinkley
- Narrado por: Stephen Graybill
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New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.
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- De Chuck Wofford en 02-23-23
De: Douglas Brinkley
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The Triumph of Seeds
- How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History
- De: Thor Hanson
- Narrado por: Marc Vietor
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We live in a world of seeds. From our morning toast to the cotton in our clothes, they are quite literally the stuff and staff of life, supporting diets, economies, and civilizations around the globe. Just as the search for nutmeg and the humble peppercorn drove the Age of Discovery, so did coffee beans help fuel the Enlightenment and cottonseed help spark the Industrial Revolution. And from the fall of Rome to the Arab Spring, the fate of nations continues to hinge on the seeds of a Middle Eastern grass known as wheat.
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Delightfully simplistic!
- De Adrian en 03-30-16
De: Thor Hanson
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Slanted
- How the News Media Taught Us to Love Censorship and Hate Journalism
- De: Sharyl Attkisson
- Narrado por: Sharyl Attkisson
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We have reached a state of utter absurdity, where journalism schools teach students that their own personal truth or chosen narratives matter more than reality. In Slanted, Attkisson digs into the language of propagandists, the persistence of false media narratives, the driving forces behind today's dangerous blend of facts and opinion, the abandonment of journalism ethics, and the new, Orwellian definition of what it means to report the news.
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Connecting the dots
- De Amy Cox en 11-29-20
De: Sharyl Attkisson
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When Money Dies
- The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar, Germany
- De: Adam Fergusson
- Narrado por: Antony Ferguson
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When Money Dies is the classic history of what happens when a nations currency depreciates beyond recovery. In 1923, with its currency effectively worthless (the exchange rate in December of that year was one dollar to 4,200,000,000,000 marks), the German republic was all but reduced to a barter economy. Expensive cigars, artworks, and jewels were routinely exchanged for staples such as bread; a cinema ticket could be bought for a lump of coal; and a bottle of paraffin for a silk shirt....
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Useless details, missing the big points
- De Jean Le Lupi en 07-04-12
De: Adam Fergusson
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The Mosquito Bowl
- A Game of Life and Death in World War II
- De: Buzz Bissinger
- Narrado por: George Newbern
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When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, college football was at the height of its popularity. As the nation geared up for total war, one branch of the service dominated the aspirations of college football stars: the United States Marine Corps. Which is why, on Christmas Eve of 1944, when the 4th and 29th Marine regiments found themselves in the middle of the Pacific Ocean training for what would be the bloodiest battle of the war – the invasion of Okinawa—their ranks included one of the greatest pools of football talent ever assembled.
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War Story Interrupted Briefly by a Football Game
- De William G. Stuart en 10-14-22
De: Buzz Bissinger
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A Brief History of Earth
- Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
- De: Andrew H. Knoll
- Narrado por: Tom Parks
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Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story. Placing 21st-century climate change in deep context, A Brief History of Earth is an indispensable look at where we’ve been and where we’re going.
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- De Colin Bump en 05-21-21
De: Andrew H. Knoll
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Wanderlust, USA
- An Uber-Curious Guide to Sassy American Pastimes
- De: Flula Borg
- Narrado por: Flula Borg
- Duración: 4 h y 26 m
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Flula Borg's fascination with America and its "peoples" have warmed hearts nationwide. A frequent guest of Conan O’Brien, the German-born actor and multi-talented entertainer (think Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat crossed with Billy Eichner) fell in love with the United States upon his first visit as a young boy. Throughout his career, he has succeeded in regaling audiences with stories from his outlandish travel exploits while paying homage to his German upbringing, culminating in a personality that is supercharged and charmingly wholesome.
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French Virus Cyborgs go a wandering
- De Amazon Customer en 07-26-20
De: Flula Borg
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The Light of Days
- The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
- De: Judy Batalion
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marno
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One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters - a group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now.
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A profoundly moving book
- De Brian R Smith en 04-18-21
De: Judy Batalion
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Strategy
- A History
- De: Lawrence Freedman
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 32 h y 4 m
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In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking, in a consistently engaging and insightful account of how strategy came to pervade every aspect of our lives.
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Comprehensive 'Tour de Force' on Strategy
- De Logical Paradox en 07-20-14
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Parkland
- Birth of a Movement
- De: Dave Cullen
- Narrado por: Dave Cullen, Robert Fass
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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On the first anniversary of the events at Parkland, the acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author of Columbine offers an intimate, deeply moving account of the extraordinary teenage survivors who became activists and pushed back against the NRA and feckless Congressional leaders - inspiring millions of Americans to join their grassroots #neveragain movement.
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Political Take on Mass Shootings is Spot on
- De Jeeves en 02-26-19
De: Dave Cullen
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Future Tense
- Why Anxiety Is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad)
- De: Tracy Dennis-Tiwary
- Narrado por: Eleanor Caudill
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We taught people that anxiety is dangerous and damaging, and that the solution to its pain is to eradicate it like we do any disease—prevent it, avoid it, and stamp it out at all costs. Yet cutting-edge therapies, hundreds of self-help books, and a panoply of medications have failed to keep debilitating anxiety at bay. A third of us will struggle with anxiety disorders in our lifetime and rates in children and adults continue to skyrocket.
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Useful approach, but terrible reader
- De Anonymous User en 07-26-22
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A Course in Miracles
- Original Edition Text
- De: Helen Schucman - editor, William T. Thetford - editor
- Narrado por: Martin G. Weber-Caspers
- Duración: 49 h y 33 m
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This edition of A Course in Miracles is referred to as the “Original Edition“ and is the Course as it was completed in 1972. This was before there were significant edits in 1975. This edition was discovered in 1999 and was first published by Course in Miracles Society in 2006.
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Prefer this narrator to one of a similar title
- De silence en 06-25-18
De: Helen Schucman - editor, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The History of White People
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- donwonquan
- 02-20-17
thank you!
now I understand why the hatred is so strong for my people. is booked has been very enlightening on my quiz to figure out the truth behind race and racism.
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- Turin
- 04-05-19
a good learn
I learned from this book which is all you really want to do from a book. but it bounced around a lot
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- Ifayemisi
- 02-21-24
Insightful
If reveals all of the biases and fallacies that some hold as fact. Deal with people based on their conduct and not your perceptions and learnt prejudices.
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- Angie Powels .H
- 01-23-17
wonderfully done!
This book does a a phenomenal job of pulling together pertinent authorship research and presentation of race and ethnicity not only from America but from its Global ancestry. How the author was able to tie in very important works of literature, science, religion, and sociology together to explicate the issue and presence of race today in America was fantastic! Great book!!
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- Jowona
- 09-11-18
This has SOLID answers for many race questions
It takes a bit to get used to the sense of time of the narrative (it deals in more periods than actual yearly chunks), but it answers a great many questions about how white folks (at least in America have chosen) have chosen to categorize themselves and others. It lays bare the intentions and faults of all of the terms used and does so in a manner that is WAY less judgemental than it deserves to be. There are A LOT of influential figures in the narrative (some of them German or French) so you might want to get some notes going for reference if you're not great with names. Great book with some astonishing connections to make if you're a student of 19th and 20th American history.
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- Edith
- 12-17-17
It's past time to wake up
Very enlightening, comprehensive and thought provoking. All of society could surely benefit from it's message
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- -Dr. D.L.C.
- 05-21-21
A not-so-well-known history...
Dr. Irvin Painter wrote a very interesting historical account of how 'whites' came to be, but in historical, anthropological, scientific, and sociocultural contexts. I was surprised at how scientific racism somehow escaped the rigors of peer review and all but devoid of facts such as the phrenology craze and how it took root through confirmation bias and though the scientific method was missing, it was still accepted.
Further, the 'Only in America ' idea rears the ugly side of its head when constant attempts to categorize 'others' by virtue of intellectual capacity fell on its face when the Stanford'-Binet (Bibet-Simon) intelligence tests in the military revealed that many so-called dumb negroes actually scored higher than many southern whites who took the exam, yet this darling bit of information was withheld from the public for a time through congressional means because a Kentucky senator was embarrassed.
I enjoyed this book because the author used factual evidence to shed light on long-held stereotypes and how the construct of race had socioeconomic and sociopolitical roots, yet absent are any biological data to support how skin color causes greatness or poverty. Though many aren't willing to acknowledge, let alone accept it, much of human progress (if you can really label it as such) has been to the credit AND blame of white men. Their quest for social, political, and economic dominion is dreadfully apparent in the abysmal lack of accountability and unfairness in society. I hope this book provides insight to all who dare to read it, believe me, the insight is well worth your time reading this book.
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- Lilo 💜
- 02-23-21
unbiased history
do not underestimate this book. provides great knowledge for understanding today's racial context and climate
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- Anthony ceasar
- 05-10-16
beautifully written
love the way it talks from talked from Julius Caesar to Barack Obama..
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- Warren Cameron
- 08-25-17
Absolutely Fascinating
Easy to listen to despite being mind bending on one hand and somehow obvious on the other. Should be required reading/study.
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