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The Dawning of the Apocalypse : The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century /
"The Dawning of the Apocalypse" is a revision of the creation myth of settler colonialism and how the United States was formed, arguing that, in order to understand the arrival of colonists from the British Isles in the early seventeenth century, one must first understand the "long si...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Monthly Review Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | "The Dawning of the Apocalypse" is a revision of the creation myth of settler colonialism and how the United States was formed, arguing that, in order to understand the arrival of colonists from the British Isles in the early seventeenth century, one must first understand the "long sixteenth century"--1492 until the arrival of settlers in Virginia in 1607. During this prolonged century, Horne contends, "whiteness" morphed into "white supremacy," and allowed England to co-opt not only religious minorities but also various nationalities throughout Europe."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781583678756 |