Neither Black nor white : slavery and race relations in Brazil and the United States
1971, First Edition. New York : Macmillan Company ; London : Collier-Macmillan Limited. Very good library copy in gilt-blocked cloth boards, slightly dust-toned, and with panel edges and endbands showing minor wear. Some library marks remain; light foxing to edges and prelims. Remains well-preserved overall; internally strong and clean. Item #477524
Physical description; xvi, 302 pages ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The challenge of the contrast. Contrast in history ; Contrast in cultural response ; Contrast acknowledged ; An explanation advanced – Slavery compared. Who protects the slave's humanity? ; Manumission : how easy, how common? ; Rebellions and runaways ; The international slave trade as cause ; Slave rearing as consequence ; A harsher slavery ; To arm a Black slave ; Who identifies with negroes? ; The hidden difference – The outer burdens of color. The geography of color prejudice ; Who is a negro? ; Permutations of prejudice ; Measures of discrimination – The inner burdens of color. Negroes alone feel the weight ; Eventually the veil falls ; The flight from Blackness ; The Black mother on two continents ; Black panthers not allowed ; Sex, but not marriage ; "A negro with a white soul" ; The heart of the matter – The roots of difference. Consciousness of color ; The historical dimension ; The mulatto is the key ; The beginnings of the mulatto escape hatch ; White wife against white man ; A path not taken ; Cultural and social values make a difference ; Democracy's contribution ; The differences as national ideologies – A contrast in the future? The gap narrows ; Negroes see a new contrast ; A Brazilian dilemma ; Always that indelible color. Subjects; Slavery – Brazil – History. Slavery – United States – History. Black people – Brazil – History. African Americans – Social conditions – 20th century.
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