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Whiteness as Property: Re-Assessing the Convergence of Race and Property in U.S. History

Whiteness as Property: Re-Assessing the Convergence of Race and Property in U.S. History

Richter, Grit Grigoleit
Krämer, Felix

Hardcover

Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral SociologySocial Movements

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 7, 2026

ISBN10: 1041425228
ISBN13: 9781041425229
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 7 2026
Pages: 160
Language: English

This volume revisits legal scholar Cheryl I. Harris' influential concept of 'whiteness as property, ' which shows how racial identity has been transformed into a legally protected property interest throughout U.S. history. Building on Harris' groundbreaking analysis, this book traces how this logic has shaped legal orders, property relations, and everyday life from colonial origins to the present day. Through eight compelling case studies, contributors reveal how whiteness operates within legal and political institutions, continually securing advantages for some while systematically denying them to others. The volume explores the racialization and criminalization of poverty, exploitation of Black labour, challenges to affirmative action, and dispossession of non-white communities through land and housing policies.

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