Name: Caste (Adapted for Young Adults)
SKU: 54485282
Price: 24.99 EUR
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Author: Isabel Wilkerson
ISBN: 9780593427941

portada Caste (Adapted for Young Adults)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Isabel Wilkerson

Publisher

Delacorte Press

Language

English

Pages

352

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

19.3x14.5x5.1 cm

Weight

0.45 kg.

ISBN13

9780593427941

Synopsis "Caste (Adapted for Young Adults) "

In this young adult adaptation of the Oprah Book Club selection and New York Times bestselling nonfiction work, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson explores the unspoken hierarchies that divide us across lines of race and class. Revealing and timely, this work will speak to young people who are engaged more than ever with the world around them, or to anyone who believes in a more just existence for all. Readers will be fascinated by this young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling nonfiction work as they follow masterful narratives about real people that reveal an insidious phenomenon in the United States: a hidden caste system. Caste is not only about race or class; it is about power--which groups have it and which do not. Isabel Wilkerson explores historical social hierarchies, including those in India and Nazi Germany, and explains how perpetuating these rankings dehumanizes vast sections of society. Once we learn the reasons behind caste and see the often heartbreaking effects, Wilkerson says, we can bridge the divides and make way for an inclusive future where we are all equal.

Isabel Wilkerson

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Isabel Wilkerson, born in Washington D.C. in 1961, is a distinguished American journalist and author. In 1994, she became the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for journalism. Her work focuses on narrating the lives of anonymous African Americans and exposing deeply rooted systems of social injustice.

Among her most recognized works is "The Warmth of Other Suns" (2010), an epic chronicle of the Great African American Migration. This book was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award in the non-fiction category. Another notable publication is "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" (2020), where she analyzes social hierarchy systems in the United States.

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