Caste : the origins of our discontents : adapted for young adults
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Published
New York : Delacorte Press, [2022].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780593427958, 0593427955, 9780593427941, 0593427947
Physical Desc
338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Published
New York : Delacorte Press, [2022].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780593427958, 0593427955, 9780593427941, 0593427947
Notes
General Note
"This work is based on Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, copyright © 2020. Originally published in the United States in hardcover by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC , New York, in 2020"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography
Includes index.
Description
"The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not. In this book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through a . . . narrative and stories about real people, how America . . . 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 . . . caste system that influences people's lives and behavior and the nation's fate. Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, [she] explores eight pillars that underlie caste systems across civilizations, including divine will, bloodlines, stigma, and more. Using . . . 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 . . . undertow of caste is experienced every day. She documents how the Nazis studied the racial systems in America to plan their out-cast of the Jews; she discusses why the . . . logic of caste requires that there be a bottom rung for those in the middle to measure themselves against; she writes about the . . . 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 . . . separations of human divisions, toward hope in our common humanity"--,Provided by the publisher
Target Audience
Ages 12 and up,Delacorte Press
Subjects
LC Subjects
Adaptations.
Caste -- Juvenile literature.
Caste -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Ethnicity -- Juvenile literature.
Ethnicity -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Power (Social sciences) -- Juvenile literature.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Social classes -- Juvenile literature.
Social classes -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Social stratification -- Juvenile literature.
Social stratification -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Young adult literature.
Caste -- Juvenile literature.
Caste -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Ethnicity -- Juvenile literature.
Ethnicity -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Power (Social sciences) -- Juvenile literature.
Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Social classes -- Juvenile literature.
Social classes -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Social stratification -- Juvenile literature.
Social stratification -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
Young adult literature.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wilkerson, I. (2022). Caste: the origins of our discontents : adapted for young adults (First edition.). Delacorte Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilkerson, Isabel. 2022. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents : Adapted for Young Adults. Delacorte Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wilkerson, Isabel. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents : Adapted for Young Adults Delacorte Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wilkerson, Isabel. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents : Adapted for Young Adults First edition., Delacorte Press, 2022.
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