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White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American & South African History

George M. Fredrickson

In this first comparative history of race relations in the United States and South Africa, George M.Fredrickson uncovers parallels and differences in the origin and expression of white supremacy in the two countries. He traces the history of slavery in its different guises from the colonial period through the coming of industrialization, when the paths of the two countries diverged dramatically, to our own turbulent present.

Race & EthnicityRace & Ethnicity · medium confidenceRace & Ethnicity81 signalsLlm Classifier: Race & Ethnicity -> Race & EthnicityGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryBlack History & CultureConstitutional HistoryReconstruction

Award History

1 wins · 3 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards: Ralph Waldo Emerson Award1981WinnerOfficial source
National Book Award for History PaperbackMajor1983FinalistSecondary source
Pulitzer Prize in HistoryMajor1982FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • South Africa90%
    • United States85%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    George M. Fredrickson argues that white supremacy in the United States and South Africa has identifiable origins and patterns, with parallels and differences in how it developed and expressed itself over time.

    Model confidence 72%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 74%.