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Jacobson, Matthew Frye, 1958-

Whiteness of a different color : European immigrants and the alchemy of race / Matthew Frye Jacobson. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998. - x, 338 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-323) and index.

The political history of whiteness -- History, race, and perception -- The manufacture of Caucasians.

ISBN: 0674063716 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 98015754

Nat. Bib. No.: GB99-34717

Subjects--Topical Terms:
European Americans--Race identity.
Whites--Race identity.--United States
Immigrants--History.--United States
Racism--History.--United States

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Race relations.

LC Class. No.: E184.E95 / J33 1998