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Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview (4th Edition) by Audrey Smedley, Brian D. Smedley Paperback, 402 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-10: 0-8133-4554-5 / 0813345545 ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-4554-3 / 9780813345543 In Race in North America, Audrey Smedley shows that “race” is a cultural invention that has been used variously and opportunistically since the eighteenth century. Race, in its origin, was not a product of science but of a folk ideology reflecting a new form of social stratification and a rationaliz |