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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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
nonfiction book
adaptedInto film adaptation in development
author Isabel Wilkerson
awardReceived Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: "United States"
deweyDecimalClassification 305.5122
followedBy film and television discussions on caste and race
genre history
nonfiction
social commentary
sociology
hasPart conclusion discussing ways to dismantle caste
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
civil rights
discrimination
racism in the United States
social hierarchy
social inequality
mediaType audiobook
e-book
hardcover
paperback
print
nominatedFor National Book Award for Nonfiction
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
surface form: "Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction"
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
Random House
topic American history
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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