The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter

The History of White People

Nell Irvin Painter

448 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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A New York Times bestseller: “This terrific new book . . . [explores] the ‘notion of whiteness,’ an idea as dangerous as it is seductive.”—Boston Globe Telling perhaps the most important forgotten story in American history, eminent historian Nell ...

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Moods

informative 97%
challenging 54%
reflective 43%
dark 11%
funny 9%
sad 9%
inspiring 6%
hopeful 4%
emotional 2%
tense 2%

Pace

slow 62%
medium 33%
fast 4%

Average rating

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