{"product_id":"2026200015597-secondhand-caste-and-class-in-a-southern-town","title":"Caste And Class In A Southern Town","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the sweltering heat of the American Deep South during the 1930s, one sociologist ventured into the rigid social hierarchies of a small Mississippi town to produce one of the most unflinching accounts of race and class in American history. Caste and Class in a Southern Town chronicles John Dollard's immersive fieldwork in Indianola, Mississippi, where he dissects the intricate and often brutal mechanics of a society built upon racial subjugation, economic disparity, and psychological control — presenting a portrait of a community where the boundaries between Black and white Americans were enforced not merely by law, but by deeply ingrained social custom and collective psychology.\n\nA landmark work in American sociology and anthropology, this third edition illustrates Dollard's masterful synthesis of Freudian psychology and sociological theory to argue that the caste system of the South served powerful emotional and economic gains for the white ruling class at the devastating expense of Black citizens. Written with a rare combination of scholarly rigor and human empathy, the book remains a foundational text for understanding the architecture of systemic racism in America — and its uncomfortable conclusions about the psychology of prejudice are as urgent and revelatory today as when they were first published.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203224117467,"sku":"2026200015597-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/847908b2-6ab1-4662-b3d7-37eed4ec47fc.png?v=1788146147","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015597-secondhand-caste-and-class-in-a-southern-town","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}