Tag: Alexander Saxton

  • Alexander Saxton, Historian and Novelist, Dies at 93 The New York Times 2012-09-01 Paul Vitello Alexander Saxton, who would go on to become a prominent historian of race in America, summed himself up in a blurb on the dust jacket of his first novel, “Grand Crossing,” published when he was 24. “At various times,” he…

  • Racial Classification and History Routledge 1997-02-01 376 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-8153-2602-1 Edited by E. Nathaniel Gates (1955-2006) Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Yeshiva University Explores the concept of “race” The term “race,” which originally denoted genealogical or class identity, has in the comparatively brief span of 300 years taken on an entirely new meaning.…