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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson • Random House • ISBN Not provided

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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson • Random House • ISBN-13 9780593230275

ISBN-10 0593230256 • 2020 • 1st Edition

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The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. “[ Caste ] should be at the top of every American’s reading list.” — Chicago Tribune “As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance.

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Publisher: Random House
1st EditionFeb 14, 2023
Pages: 496Language: English

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Contributor: Isabel Wilkerson

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Category: American HistoryCategory: Caste SystemCategory: Cultural StudiesCategory: Historical AnalysisCategory: Racial InequalityCategory: Social HierarchyCategory: SociologyCategory: TheoryCornerstone of: Contemporary discussions on race and caste in America

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