Portrait of a Scientific Racist : Alfred Holt Stone of Mississippi /

In the years after Reconstruction, racial tension soared, as many white southerners worried about how to deal with the millions of free African Americans among them-an issue they termed the ""negro problem."" In an attempt to maintain the status quo, white supremacists resurrecte...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hollandsworth, James G., Jr., 1944-2010
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2008.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Stone, Alfred Holt, > 1870-1955.
Stone, Alfred Holt, > 1870-1955 > Political and social views.
Mississippi. > State Tax Commission.
Mississippi. > State Tax Commission > Officials and employees > Biography.
Racism > Philosophy.
Racism.
Race relations.
Political and social views.
Plantation owners.
Eugenics.
Employees.
Cotton farmers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Eugenisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Racisme > États-Unis > Philosophie.
Eugenisme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Racisme > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Producteurs de coton > Mississippi > Biographies.
Proprietaires de plantations > Mississippi > Biographies.
Eugenics > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism > United States > Philosophy.
Eugenics > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Racism > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Cotton farmers > Mississippi > Biography.
Plantation owners > Mississippi > Biography.
United States.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Biographies.
History
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:In the years after Reconstruction, racial tension soared, as many white southerners worried about how to deal with the millions of free African Americans among them-an issue they termed the ""negro problem."" In an attempt to maintain the status quo, white supremacists resurrected old proslavery arguments and sought new justification in scientific theories purporting to ""prove"" people of African descent inherently inferior to whites. In Portrait of a Scientific Racist James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., reveals how the conjectures of one of the country's most prominent racial theorists, Alfred Holt
Description matérielle:1 online resource (344 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780807134832

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