{"product_id":"racecraft-the-soul-of-inequality-in-american-life-paperback","title":"Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara J. Fields\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKaren E. Fields\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of a celebrated contemporary work on race and racism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraised by a wide variety of people from Ta-Nehisi Coates to Zadie Smith, \u003ci\u003eRacecraft\u003c\/i\u003e \"ought to be positioned,\" as Bookforum put it, \"at the center of any discussion of race in American life.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Most people assume racism grows from a perception of human difference: the fact of race gives rise to the practice of racism. Sociologist Karen E. Fields and historian Barbara J. Fields argue otherwise: the practice of racism produces the illusion of race, through what they call \"racecraft.\" And this phenomenon is intimately entwined with other forms of inequality in American life. So pervasive are the devices of racecraft in American history, economic doctrine, politics, and everyday thinking that the presence of racecraft itself goes unnoticed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e That the promised post-racial age has not dawned, the authors argue, reflects the failure of Americans to develop a legitimate language for thinking about and discussing inequality. That failure should worry everyone who cares about democratic institutions.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara J. Fields\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Columbia University. Her books include the prize-winning \u003ci\u003eSlavery and Freedom on the Middle Ground: Maryland During the Nineteenth Century\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Destruction of Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e (coauthored with the Freedmen and Southern Society Project); and \u003ci\u003eFree at Last: A Documentary History of Slavery, Freedom, and the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren E. Fields\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Center for African and African American Research at Duke University. Her books include a translation of Emile Durkheim's \u003ci\u003eElementary Forms of Religious Life\u003c\/i\u003e. She is at work on \u003ci\u003eRacism in the Academy: A Traveler's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBordeaux's Africa\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767454597408,"sku":"9781839765643","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/270f937561c54b2e73670fd3da92b889.webp?v=1780311378","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/racecraft-the-soul-of-inequality-in-american-life-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}