Race and the Making of American Liberalism

by Carol Horton

Book Overview

Race and the Making of American Liberalism traces the roots of the contemporary crisis of progressive liberalism deep into the nation's racial past. Horton argues that the contemporary conservative claim that the American liberal tradition has been rooted in a "color blind" conception of individual rights is innaccurate and misleading. In contrast, American liberalism has alternatively served both to support and oppose racial hierarchy, as well as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195143485
• ISBN13: 9780195143485
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"