Roots of American Racism: Essays on the Colonial Experience - Softcover

Alden T. Vaughan is at Columbia University.

"Vaughan's mastery of the primary and secondary sources and secondary literature is evident....Vaughan is clearly invigorated by the debate and open to new findings. His is an important voice in the dialogue on race in America."--The North Carolina Historical Review

"These essays should be of great interest to specialists in early American history."--Historical Journal of Massachusetts

"For those scholars and students who are unfamiliar with Vaughan's work, or who desire to reread his major articles on this thorny issue, this book will be valuable and 'timulating.'"--History

"Since Vaughan has long been one of our most distinguished commentators...[T]he collection is most welcome."--Journal of American Ethnic History

"An indispensable work for early Anglo-American attitudes and behaviors toward Indians, and their significantly different responses towards blacks."--John T. Juricek, Emory University

"[T]his is a tidy volume through which undergraduate and established-scholar alike can revisit many branches of the far-reaching and shady structure of American racism."--Pennsylvania History

"Vaughan's own scholarly itinerary is well represented in these essays...thoughtfull and balanced essay...is always fairminded and meticulous, and his notes are fascinating."--William and Mary Quarterly

"...A major achievement...Vaughn draws upon a lifetime of distinguished scholarship to produce a coherent and challenging account of the origins of Anglo-American racism."--Labor History

"Vaughan has been a productive scholar for over thirty years and this collection of ten of his essays conveniently summarizes the substance and scope of his contributions to the field of early American history. Readers already familiar with Vaughan's writings will be pleased with this volume. There is much to admire in Vaughan's finely crafted essays."--New York History