![]() ![]() Painter’s high-octane intelligence makes her perfectly suited to the task.”―Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello ![]() “ The History of White People is a brilliant meditation on the invention of the idea of ‘whiteness.’ Deeply researched and elegantly written, Painter’s presentation will certainly spark conversation and controversy―as it should. Her array of writers, artists, and politicians, some familiar and some surprising, struggle mightily to create a concept many Americans of all backgrounds now take for granted: ‘white people.’ ”―Edward Ayers, author of In the Presence of Mine Enemies “In this wide-ranging and passionate book, Nell Painter makes the story of American history into something new. It locates race where it actually exists, inside our heads, and shows us how recently it came to reside there.”―Russell Banks, author of The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction “Deeply researched, intelligent, and wonderfully common-sensical, this is a ground-breaking book, and if we’re ever going to get to that so- called ‘post-racial’ society, a necessary book. ![]() Advance praise for The History of White People: ![]()
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