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The Rise and Fall of the Caucasian Race
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Notesnotes to the introduction1. Thomas Hobbes,Leviathan,ed. C. B. Macpherson (Harmondsworth: Pen-guin Books, 1985), pp. 116–17, Hobbes’s emphasis.2. Max Horkheimer, “Traditional and Critical Theory,” in Critical Theory: Se-lected Essays,trans. Matthew J. O’Connell et al., introduction by StanleyAronowitz (New York: Herder and Herder, 1972), pp. 199–200.3. Georgia Warnke, “Social Identity as Interpretation,” in Gadamer’s Century:Essays in Honor of Hans-Georg Gadamer,ed. Jeff Malpas, Ulrich Arnswald, andJens Kertscher (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002), p. 307.4. David Brion Davis, “Slavery — White, Black, Muslim, Christian,”New YorkReview of Books48, July 5, 2001, p. 51.5. The Moors were a Muslim people of Berber and Arab lineage who inhabitednorthwestern Africa. They conquered the Iberian peninsula in the eighth centuryand controlled parts of Spain until the fifteenth century.6. Davis, “Slavery,” p. 52.7. Ibid.8. Neil Kottler, “The Statue of Liberty as Idea, Symbol, and Historical Pres-ence,” in Making a Universal Symbol: The Statue of Liberty Revisited,ed. Wilton S.Dillon and Neil Kottler (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994),pp. 4–5, quoted in Linda Zerilli, “Democracy and National Fantasy: Reflection onthe Statute of Liberty,” in Cultural Studies and Political Theory,ed. Jodi Dean(Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000), p. 167.9. Zerilli, “Democracy,” p. 169.10. Nicholas Kristoff, “Chinese Students, in About Face, Will Continue to Oc-cupy Square,”New York Times,May 30, 1989, pp. A1, A10, at A10. The phrase“Goddess with Caucasian Face” is the heading of the fourth section of Kristoff ’sarticle.11. David Theo Goldberg,Racial Subjects: Writing on Race in America(NewYorkand London: Routledge, 1997), p. 54.12. Naturalization laws between 1790 and 1870 reserved the right of natural-ization to “free white persons.” The 1870 law extended naturalization rights to255
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Notesnotes to the introduction1. Thomas Hobbes,Leviathan,ed. C. B. Macpherson (Harmondsworth: Pen-guin Books, 1985), pp. 116–17, Hobbes’s emphasis.2. Max Horkheimer, “Traditional and Critical Theory,” in Critical Theory: Se-lected Essays,trans. Matthew J. O’Connell et al., introduction by StanleyAronowitz (New York: Herder and Herder, 1972), pp. 199–200.3. Georgia Warnke, “Social Identity as Interpretation,” in Gadamer’s Century:Essays in Honor of Hans-Georg Gadamer,ed. Jeff Malpas, Ulrich Arnswald, andJens Kertscher (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002), p. 307.4. David Brion Davis, “Slavery — White, Black, Muslim, Christian,”New YorkReview of Books48, July 5, 2001, p. 51.5. The Moors were a Muslim people of Berber and Arab lineage who inhabitednorthwestern Africa. They conquered the Iberian peninsula in the eighth centuryand controlled parts of Spain until the fifteenth century.6. Davis, “Slavery,” p. 52.7. Ibid.8. Neil Kottler, “The Statue of Liberty as Idea, Symbol, and Historical Pres-ence,” in Making a Universal Symbol: The Statue of Liberty Revisited,ed. Wilton S.Dillon and Neil Kottler (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994),pp. 4–5, quoted in Linda Zerilli, “Democracy and National Fantasy: Reflection onthe Statute of Liberty,” in Cultural Studies and Political Theory,ed. Jodi Dean(Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000), p. 167.9. Zerilli, “Democracy,” p. 169.10. Nicholas Kristoff, “Chinese Students, in About Face, Will Continue to Oc-cupy Square,”New York Times,May 30, 1989, pp. A1, A10, at A10. The phrase“Goddess with Caucasian Face” is the heading of the fourth section of Kristoff ’sarticle.11. David Theo Goldberg,Racial Subjects: Writing on Race in America(NewYorkand London: Routledge, 1997), p. 54.12. Naturalization laws between 1790 and 1870 reserved the right of natural-ization to “free white persons.” The 1870 law extended naturalization rights to255
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1 Before the “Caucasian Race” 22
  6. 2 Enlightenment Science and the Invention of the “Caucasian Race,” 1684–1795 58
  7. 3 Passage into “Our Ordinary Forms of Expression” 95
  8. 4 Racialized Nationalism and the Partial Eclipse of the “Caucasian Race,” ca. 1840–1935 118
  9. 5 The Color Line and the “Caucasian Race” Revival, 1935–51 162
  10. 6 Not-so-Benign Racialism 192
  11. 7 “Where Caucasian Means Black” 219
  12. Conclusion 234
  13. Notes 255
  14. Index 327
  15. About the Author 342
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1 Before the “Caucasian Race” 22
  6. 2 Enlightenment Science and the Invention of the “Caucasian Race,” 1684–1795 58
  7. 3 Passage into “Our Ordinary Forms of Expression” 95
  8. 4 Racialized Nationalism and the Partial Eclipse of the “Caucasian Race,” ca. 1840–1935 118
  9. 5 The Color Line and the “Caucasian Race” Revival, 1935–51 162
  10. 6 Not-so-Benign Racialism 192
  11. 7 “Where Caucasian Means Black” 219
  12. Conclusion 234
  13. Notes 255
  14. Index 327
  15. About the Author 342
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