Black on White

David R. Roediger

earliest edition we have, 1998 Schocken, 1998 hardcover 353 pages

In this thought-provoking volume, David R. Roediger has brought together some of the most important black writers throughout history to explore the question: What does it really mean to be white in America?From folktales and slave narratives to contemporary essays, poetry, and fiction, black writers have long been among America's keenest students of white consciousness and white behavior, but until now much of this w...

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Black on White ebook · 2010 · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780307482297
Black on White paperback · 1999 · Schocken · 368 pages · 9780805211146
Black on White hardcover · 1998 · Schocken · 353 pages · 9780805241464

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