Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is a nonfiction book by Isabel Wilkerson that examines the hidden caste systems shaping social hierarchy and inequality in the United States and around the world.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents canonical | 3 |
| 2020: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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nonfiction book ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | film adaptation in development ⓘ |
| author | Isabel Wilkerson ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography
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Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| deweyDecimalClassification | 305.5122 ⓘ |
| followedBy | film and television discussions on caste and race ⓘ |
| genre |
history
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nonfiction ⓘ social commentary ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasPart |
conclusion discussing ways to dismantle caste
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introduction describing caste as an underlying structure ⓘ sections comparing three caste systems ⓘ |
| influenced | public discourse on race and caste in the United States ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0593230256 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780593230251 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | HT725.W547 2020 ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
caste
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civil rights ⓘ discrimination ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ social hierarchy ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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e-book ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
National Book Award for Nonfiction
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Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction ⓘ
surface form:
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
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| notableQuote | “Caste is the bones, race the skin.” ⓘ |
| pages | 496 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Warmth of Other Suns ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2020 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Penguin Random House
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Random House ⓘ |
| topic |
American history
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Jim Crow laws ⓘ Nazi Germany and racial hierarchy ⓘ comparison of caste in India and race in the United States ⓘ social stratification ⓘ structural racism ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
2020: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents