{"product_id":"the-wages-of-whiteness-race-and-the-making-of-the-american-working-class-david-r-roediger","title":"The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class - David R. Roediger","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-teaser\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-teaser\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-teaser\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable with shipping in the US and UK only.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn original study of the formative years of working-class racism in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining classical Marxism, psychoanalysis, and the new labor history pioneered by E. P. Thompson and Herbert Gutman, David Roediger’s widely acclaimed book provides an original study of the formative years of working-class racism in the United States. This, he argues, cannot be explained simply with reference to economic advantage; rather, white working-class racism is underpinned by a complex series of psychological and ideological mechanisms that reinforce racial stereotypes, and thus help to forge the identities of white workers in opposition to Blacks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a new preface, Roediger reflects on the reception, influence, and critical response to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wages of Whiteness\u003c\/em\u003e, while Kathleen Cleaver’s insightful introduction hails the importance of a work that has become a classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-reviews js-isReadmoreized\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"edition-single--book-reviews-header\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“At last an American labor historian realizes that white workers have a racial identity that matters as race matters to those who are not white.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Neil Irvin Painter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--readmoreized-reviews\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Far and away the best treatment of white working-class racial attitudes in the nineteenth century that I have seen.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– George M. Fredrickson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An extremely important and insightful book.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e–\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A timely and important intervention in the current debates over ‘race’ and ethnicity. Roediger has opened up the question of white identity.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Catherine Hall,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant account of how white workers in antebellum America constructed a social identity fundamentally premised on their ‘whiteness.’”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Steve Fraser,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Compelling.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– John White,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The Celestine Prophecy of whiteness studies.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e–\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSPIN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Delivers powerful insights into the collective psyche of the U.S. working class. Striking.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Chris Searle,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An important contribution to our understanding of what has often been called ‘American exceptionalism.’ Sensitive and detailed handling of a wide range of original sources.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Louis Kushnick,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRace and Class\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Brilliant. Remarkable for its subtlety, its penetrating and honest analysis.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Fred Whitehead,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeople’s Culture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Scholarly and thoroughly documented, The Wages of Whiteness is nonetheless a highly readable, compact and compelling narrative. A provocative illumination of the long and tortuous history of racism in the US.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Franklin Rosemont,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeartland Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Casts a new light on a broad social, cultural and political landscape.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Iver Bernstein,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An indispensable addition to our knowledge of American working class formation.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Joe W. Trotter,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJournal of Social History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Interesting and useful. Reconstructs how labor in America made racism part of its very being.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– John DeBrizzi,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTelos\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A brilliant, authoritative, carefully researched study of major importance.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Michael Rogin,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRadical History Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A real contribution to the study of the dynamic relationship that exists between the variables of race and class. A very engaging and compelling book.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWages of Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill have a broad appeal to students and researchers across a wide array of disciplines.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Lisa Reilly and Cameron McCarthy,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEuropean Journal of Intercultural Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A welcome challenge to the old and new mythmakers.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Noel Ignatiev,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLabor [Le Travail]\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A significant contribution, particularly necessary for those who want to see the struggle for labor unity across racial lines move forward.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Paul Mishler,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eScience and Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Roediger’s lasting contribution ensures that the history of race and class can no longer be written from the perspective of romantic working class heroes, nor can it be written in a spirit of self-righteous ‘anger.’”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Barry Goldberg,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Politics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Subtle, serious, commands our attention.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– J. Milton Yinger,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEthnic and Racial Studies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Roediger’s excellent book is must reading for those interested in American working-class formation.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Andrew Kim,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCritical Sociology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wages of Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDavid Roediger takes a courageous look at the development of white working-class racism and attempts to unravel its complex skein of economic, cultural, and psycho-political issues.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Soledad Santiago,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFoundation News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Of great originality and yet firmly grounded in a rich and diverse scholarship. There is no denying the enormous achievement of this book. Henceforth there will be no evading the question of racism in our contemplation of working-class formation in America.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– David Brody,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Offers a compelling understanding of working-class racism. A rich and detailed history that traces notions of whiteness from the early seventeenth century to the late nineteenth.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Rhonda Levine,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Much has been written about the sources of racism and the wellsprings of racial conflict but few historians have shown David Roediger’s sensitivity to the process by which race figured in defining the very nature of American society. The author’s most important contribution is to elucidate how racial identity was critical to the formation of the working class during the nineteenth century. Roediger’s central argument is most compelling.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Ronald Mendel,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLabour History Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“David Roediger’s fascinating and vital study will satisfy even the most jaded intellectual palate and deserves the widest circulation.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Martin Crawford,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistory\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The book speaks so clearly to what historians know about the American working class, but with enormous originality. Broadly accessible to a wide audience, it connects the histories of slave labor and free labor thus providing a more profound understanding of American working class formation. Theoretically sophisticated, pulling together subtle but significant connections among race, class and gender. Blindingly revealing and of lasting scholarly value.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003e– Organization of American Historians Prize Committee, 1992 Merle Curti Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAuthor: David Roediger\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Verso\u003cbr\u003eISBN: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781844671458\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 07\/2007\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 195\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-reviews js-isReadmoreized\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"edition-single--book-review\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39952865689685,"sku":"","price":46.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/7554\/5141\/products\/9781844671458-frontcover-4a29404e28b43b5c1f8fdba14c077e99.jpg?v=1646149503","url":"https:\/\/shop.workingclasshistory.com\/en-nz\/products\/the-wages-of-whiteness-race-and-the-making-of-the-american-working-class-david-r-roediger","provider":"Working Class History | Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}