History Lesson: A Race Odyssey by Lefkowitz, Mary

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Yale University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008. Cloth, vi, 202 pages; 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Tips lightly bumped. Fine DJ. "In the early 1990s, Classics professor Mary Lefkowitz discovered that one of her faculty colleagues at Wellesley College was teaching his students that Greek culture had been stolen from Africa and that Jews were responsible for the slave trade. This book tells the disturbing story of what happened when she spoke out. Lefkowitz quickly learned that to investigate the origin and meaning of myths composed by people who have for centuries been dead and buried is one thing, but it is quite another to critique myths that living people take very seriously. She also found that many in academia were reluctant to challenge the fashionable idea that truth is merely a form of opinion. For her insistent defense of obvious truths about the Greeks and the Jews, Lefkowitz was embroiled in turmoil for a decade. She faced institutional indifference, angry colleagues, reverse racism,… Read More

Yale University Press, April 2008. Hardcover. Used - Good. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed.

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New Haven,, 2008. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 8vo. pp vi, 202. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper to Anthony Quinton (Baron Quinton) (1925-2010) - a British political and moral philosopher and his wife, ""For Marcelle and Tony, with love from, Mary."" ISBN: 030012659X

Yale University Press, 2008-04-28. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Yale Univ Pr, 2008. Hardcover. New. 208 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches.