The Invisible Line: A Secret History of Race in America Paperback - 2012
by Daniel J. Sharfstein
One of the nation's most accomplished historians unravels the stories of three extraordinary families from different eras in American history to represent the complexity of race in America, and to force readers to rethink assumptions about race, racism, and civil rights.
Summary
"An astonishingly detailed rendering of the variety and complexity of racial experience in an evolving national culture."
-The New York Times Book Review
In the Obama era, as Americans confront the enduring significance of race and heritage, this multigenerational account of family secrets promises to spark debate across the country. Daniel J. Sharfstein's sweeping history moves from eighteenth-century South Carolina to twentieth-century Washington, D.C., unraveling the stories of three families who represent the complexity of race in America. Identifying first as people of color and later as whites, the families provide a lens through which to examine how people thought about and experienced race and how, for them and America, the very meanings of black and white changed. The Invisible Line cuts through centuries of myth to transform the way we see ourselves.
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- Title The Invisible Line: A Secret History of Race in America
- Author Daniel J. Sharfstein
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Date 2012-01-31
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780143120636 / 0143120638
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.79 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Ethnic Orientation: Multicultural
- Topical: Black History
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Race relations, Race awareness - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.800
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- New York Times Book Review, 02/19/2012, Page 24
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