Explores 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
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Type
Bog
Sprog
engelsk
Emnetal
30.162
Beskrivelse
Indhold: The man in the crowd ; Toxins in the permafrost and heat rising all around ; The arbitrary construction of human divisions ; The eight pillars of caste ; The tentacles of caste ; The consequences of caste ; Backlash ; Awakening ; Epilogue: A world without caste
ISBN
9780593230251
Omfang
xvii, 476 sider
Forlag
Random House
Målgruppe
alment niveauvoksenmaterialer