WOMEN, RACE & CLASS by Davis, Angela Y - 1981

New York: Random House, 1981. Near fine in near-fine jacket.. Inscribed first edition, first printing of this landmark work in intersectional theory and activism, a historical evaluation of the overlapping impacts of gender, labor, and race. In addition to examining the modern women's liberation movements of the 1960s and '70s, Davis reaches back to the 19th century with essays on economic, political, and activist issues centered on the experiences of Black women, including a Marxist feminist analysis of the labor of enslaved Black women and an analysis of the problems engendered by the upper-class white women leaders of the suffrage movement who rejected an intersectional approach to their aims. One of the most influential works of modern scholarship that contributed significantly to integrated studies of race, class, and gender in the academy, WOMEN RACE & CLASS also had a far-reaching impact on the larger US public, bringing many academically rooted, historically based theories into mainstream discourse. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original quarter red cloth, grey paper boards, gilt-lettered spine and front board. In original unclipped ($13.50) red typographic dust jacket designed by Robert Silverman. [12], 271, [3] pages. Inscribed by Davis on half title: "To Jennifer, In Struggle! Angela Y. Davis 3/28/82." Sliver of sunning to board edges, light bumping to extremities. Jacket with some light bumping and a couple minor spots of edgewear, overall unusually well preserved.