The White Man's Burden: Historical Origins of Racism in the United States

by Winthrop D. Jordan

Book Overview

An abridgement of the acclaimed White Over Black, which won both the National Book Award and a Bancroft Prize. This study attempts to answer a simple question: What were the attitudes of white men toward Negroes during the first two centuries of European and African settlement in what became the United States of America?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195017439
• ISBN13: 9780195017434
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Extremely informative

I had my doubts about this book when I first saw it, but it has given me a much better underatanding of the history of racial tensions and prejudice in this country. Dr. Jordon's book is well researched and organized. It is extremely informative. I would suggest reading this book along with "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James W. Loewen.

An excellent source of information regarding racism.

Dr. Jordan accomplished hes goal of providing insight into the origins of racism in the United States. Although unable to provide an exact beginning or reason for the gradual degradation of relations between the Negro and the white man, he did an excellent job of providing a multitude of possible inceptions. The White Man's Burden is broad enough in subject to be read and easily understood by any student desiring general knowledge of the history of racism. By chronologically gliding through history and breaking the subject down into more specific parts, it provides just enough information so as not to inundate the reader with less significant points. The White Man's Burden is and excellent source of reference for the study of racism.

the book is great history

i can understand and feel what they have gone through as being an aboriginal native of canada.