Race
Books in this genre confront the complex realities of racial identity, justice, and power in society through personal stories, scholarly analysis, and cultural commentary. These vital works examine systemic racism, civil rights, mass incarceration, education reform, and the lived experiences of people of color across different times and places.
Race Book Summaries
Ethnic Boundary Making
Institutions, Power, Networks
Sociology
Politics
Race
Feminist Theory
From Margin to Center
Feminism
Philosophy
Theory
Separate and Unequal
The Kerner Commission and the Unraveling of American Liberalism
Politics
History
Race
Workers on Arrival
Black Labor in the Making of America
History
Labor
Race
Inharmonious
Historical Fiction
Romance
Race
Making Race and Nation
A Comparison of South Africa, the United States, and Brazil
History
Politics
Political Science
Identity Crisis
The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America
Politics
Political Science
History
A Nation Under Our Feet
Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration
History
American History
Race
Ruling Race
A History of American Slaveholders
History
American History
Race
American Taxation, American Slavery
History
Economics
American History
Creating a New Racial Order
How Immigration, Multiracialism, Genomics, and the Young Can Remake Race in America
Academic
Race
Burn Down Master's House
Historical Fiction
Historical
Race
Unsettling Truths
The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
History
Race
Theology
