{"product_id":"9780786722105","title":"Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs","description":"At the vanguard of the study of race and labor in American history, David R. Roediger is the author of the now-classic \u003ci\u003eThe Wages of Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e, a study of racism in the development of a white working class in nineteenth-century America. In \u003ci\u003eWorking Toward Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e, he continues that history into the twentieth century. He recounts how American ethnic groups considered white today-including Jewish-, Italian-, and Polish-Americans-once occupied a confused racial status in their new country. They eventually became part of white America thanks to the nascent labor movement, New Deal reforms, and a rise in home-buying. From ethnic slurs to racially restrictive covenants--the racist real estate agreements that ensured all-white neighborhoods--Roediger explores the murky realities of race in twentieth-century America. A masterful history by an award-winning writer, \u003ci\u003eWorking Toward Whiteness\u003c\/i\u003e charts the strange transformation of these new immigrants into the \"white ethnics\" of America today.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068184183024,"sku":"9780786722105","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780786722105_p0.jpg?v=1763726908","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786722105","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}