{"product_id":"from-power-to-prejudice-the-rise-of-racial-individualism-in-midcentury-america-9780226419411","title":"From Power to Prejudice: The Rise of Racial Individualism in Midcentury America","description":"Americans believe strongly in the socially transformative power of education, and the idea that we can challenge racial injustice by reducing white prejudice has long been a core component of this faith. How did we get here? In this first-rate intellectual history, Leah N. Gordon jumps into this and other big questions about race, power, and social justice.\u003cbr\u003e To answer these questions, \u003ci\u003eFrom Power to Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e examines American academia-both black and white-in the 1940s and '50s. Gordon presents four competing visions of \"the race problem\" and documents how an individualistic paradigm, which presented white attitudes as the source of racial injustice, gained traction. A number of factors, Gordon shows, explain racial individualism's postwar influence: individuals were easier to measure than social forces; psychology was well funded; studying political economy was difficult amid McCarthyism; and individualism was useful in legal attacks on segregation. Highlighting vigorous midcentury debate over the meanings of racial justice and equality, \u003ci\u003eFrom Power to Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how one particular vision of social justice won out among many contenders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leah N. Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226419411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeah N. Gordon\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of education and (by courtesy) of history at Stanford University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44812809109619,"sku":"9780226419411","price":51.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_78ec42a3-3f1a-4c96-9a7f-265f56faa1a1.jpg?v=1776777345","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/from-power-to-prejudice-the-rise-of-racial-individualism-in-midcentury-america-9780226419411","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}