Dana Nelson provides a study of the ways in which Anglo-American authors constructed "race" in their works from the time of the first British colonists through the period of the Civil War. She focuses on some eleven texts, ranging from widely-known to little-considered, that deal with the relations among Native, African, and Anglo-Americans, and places her readings in the historical, social, and material contexts of an evolving U.S. colonialism and internal imperialism. Condition: like new, only marks on it are hand written numbers on the first page in pencil Rare book! Details ISBN: 978-0195089271 11.2 oz 6.12 x 0.51 x 9.25 inches 208 pages Oxford University Press (February 3, 1994)