Randolph Hohle - Racism in the Neoliberal Era: A Meta History of Elite White Power

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Names: Hohle, Randolph, author.

Title: Racism in the neoliberal era : a meta history of elite white

power / Randolph Hohle.

Description: New York, NY : Routledge, 2017. | Series: New critical

viewpoints on society series

Identifiers: LCCN 2017027291 | ISBN 9781138682139

(hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781138682092 (pbk. : alk. paper) |

ISBN 9781315527499 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: NeoliberalismUnited States. | RacismEconomic

aspectsUnited States. | Race discriminationEconomic

aspectsUnited States. | Elite (Social sciences)United States. |

United StatesRace relations.

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