Roots of American Racism: Essays on the Colonial Experience

by Alden T. Vaughan

Book Overview

This important new collection brings together ten of Alden Vaughan's essays about race relations in the British colonies. Focusing on the variable role of cultural and racial perceptions on colonial policies for Indians and African Americans, the essays include explorations of the origins of slavery and racism in Virginia, the causes of the Puritans' war against the Pequots, and the contest between natives and colonists to win the other's allegiance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195086872
• ISBN13: 9780195086874
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"