Tag: Richard King

  • Obama and Race: History, Culture, Politics Routledge 2011-11-10 200 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-415-68678-5 Edited by Richard H. King, Professor Emeritus of American and Canadian Studies University of Nottingham In this collection, academics from both sides of the Atlantic analyze the confluence of a politician, a process, and a problem—Barack Obama, the 2008 US presidential election,…

  • Becoming black, becoming president Patterns of Prejudice Volume 45, Issue 1-2, 2011 pages 62-85 DOI: 10.1080/0031322X.2011.563145 Richard H. King, Professor Emeritus of American and Canadian Studies University of Nottingham Speculation about the relationship between Barack Obama’s election to the presidency and race in the United States was rife prior to, during and after his successful…