White over black: American attitudes towards the Negro, 1550-1812 / Winthrop D. Jordan

By: Jordan, Winthrop D [author.]Contributor(s): Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.)Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Baltimore, Penguin Books 1969©1968 Description: 651 pages 18 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): African Americans -- History -- To 1863 | Slavery -- United States -- History | Attitude (Psychology) | Race relations -- United StatesLOC classification: E185 .J69 1969Summary: In 1968, Winthrop D. Jordan set out in encyclopedic detail the evolution of white Englishmen's and Anglo-Americans' perceptions of blacks, perceptions of difference used to justify race-based slavery, and liberty and justice for whites only. This second edition, with new forewords by historians Christopher Leslie Brown and Peter H. Wood, reminds us that Jordan's text is still the definitive work on the history of race in America in the colonial era. Every book published to this day on slavery and racism builds upon his work; all are judged in comparison to it; none has surpassed it.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 610-614) and index.

In 1968, Winthrop D. Jordan set out in encyclopedic detail the evolution of white Englishmen's and Anglo-Americans' perceptions of blacks, perceptions of difference used to justify race-based slavery, and liberty and justice for whites only. This second edition, with new forewords by historians Christopher Leslie Brown and Peter H. Wood, reminds us that Jordan's text is still the definitive work on the history of race in America in the colonial era. Every book published to this day on slavery and racism builds upon his work; all are judged in comparison to it; none has surpassed it.