History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter

History of White People

Nell Irvin Painter

496 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Our story begins in Greek and Roman antiquity, where the concept of race did not exist, only geography and the opportunity to conquer and enslave others. Not until the eighteenth century did an obsession with whiteness flourish, with the German in...

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

Pace

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medium 33%
fast 4%

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