The Possessive Investment in Whiteness

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness How White People Profit from Identity Politics

Hardback (30 Jun 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This study examines the ways that race determines life chances and structures experience in the contemporary United States, to show that public policy and private prejudice insure that white people remain supreme in the social hierarchy.

Book information

ISBN: 9781566396349
Publisher: Temple University Press
Imprint: Temple University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 305.800973
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 274
Weight: 566g
Height: 230mm
Width: 165mm
Spine width: 31mm