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Caste : The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (2020, Hardcover)
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- Type
- Novel
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780593230251
- Book Title
- Caste : the Origins of Our Discontents
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- History, Social Science
- Topic
- Ethnic Studies / General, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Social History, Sociology / Social Theory
- Item Width
- 6.4in
- Item Weight
- 28.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * "An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far."--Dwight Garner, The New York Times The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Warmth of Other Suns examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions. #1 NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, O: The Oprah Magazine, NPR, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, New York Post, The New York Public Library, Fortune, Smithsonian Magazine, Marie Claire, Slate, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews Winner of the Carl Sandberg Literary Award * Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize * National Book Award Longlist * National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist * Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist * PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist * PEN/Jean Stein Book Award Longlist * Kirkus Prize Finalist "As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not." In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched, and beautifully written narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using riveting stories about people--including Martin Luther King, Jr., baseball's Satchel Paige, a single father and his toddler son, Wilkerson herself, and many others--she shows the ways that the insidious undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their outcasting of the Jews; she discusses why the cruel logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the surprising health costs of caste, in depression and life expectancy, and the effects of this hierarchy on our culture and politics. Finally, she points forward to ways America can move beyond the artificial and destructive separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity. Original and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.
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Publisher
Random House
ISBN-10
0593230256
ISBN-13
9780593230251
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038776857
Product Key Features
Book Title
Caste : the Origins of Our Discontents
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Ethnic Studies / General, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Social History, Sociology / Social Theory
Publication Year
2020
Genre
History, Social Science
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.4in
Weight
24.8 Oz
Height
1.1in
Width
6.1in
Length
9.2in
Item Weight
28.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Ht725.U6w55 2020
Reviews
"It should be at the top of every American's reading list. " --Chicago Tribune "This enthralling exposé deserves a wide and impassioned readership." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Similar to her previous book, the latest by Wilkerson is destined to become a classic, and is urgent, essential reading for all." --Library Journal (starred review) Praise for Isabel Wilkerson "Wilkerson's work is the missing puzzle piece of our country's history." -- The American Prospect "[Wilkerson's] closeness with, and profound affection for, her subjects reflect her deep immersion in their stories and allow the reader to share that connection." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Wilkerson combines impressive research . . . with great narrative and literary power. . . . She humanizes history, giving it emotional and psychological depth." --John Stauffer, The Wall Street Journal "What she's done. . . is stow memory in amber." --Lynell George, Los Angeles Times "What Wilkerson urges . . . isn't argument at all; it's compassion. Hush, and listen." --Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, Praise for Isabel Wilkerson "Wilkerson's work is the missing puzzle piece of our country's history." -- The American Prospect "[Wilkerson's] closeness with, and profound affection for, her subjects reflect her deep immersion in their stories and allow the reader to share that connection." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Wilkerson combines impressive research . . . with great narrative and literary power. . . . She humanizes history, giving it emotional and psychological depth." --John Stauffer, The Wall Street Journal "What she's done. . . is stow memory in amber." --Lynell George, Los Angeles Times "What Wilkerson urges . . . isn't argument at all; it's compassion. Hush, and listen." --Jill Lepore, The New Yorker
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Lccn
2020-012794
Dewey Decimal
305.5122
Dewey Edition
23
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- Mar 05, 2024Top favourable review
Encyclopedic presentation of race as caste.
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- Oct 11, 2021Top critical review
A Clever Slant on an Emotional Topic That Doesn't Really Make Sense.
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- Aug 11, 2021
Not compelling presentation, but a very necessary read
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- Oct 13, 2020
A must read!!
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- Mar 18, 2023
CASTE: thoughtful and thought provoking
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