White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics

by Joe R. Feagin

Book Overview

White Party, White Government examines the centuries-old impact of systemic racism on the U.S. political system. The text assesses the development by elite and other whites of a racialized capitalistic system, grounded early in slavery and land theft, and its intertwining with a distinctive political system whose fundamentals were laid down in the founding decades. From these years through the Civil War and Reconstruction, to the 1920s, the 1930s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415889839
• ISBN13: 9780415889834
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"