Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in AmericaModern · Nonfiction, History, Race
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
2016 · 736 pages · Nonfiction
73
Modern
★ 4.53 on Goodreads · 39K ratings
≈ 18 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2016). 4.53★ from 39K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
73Must-Read Score
- Critics60 out of 100 · counts 35%+24
- Readers86 out of 100 · counts 50%+48
- Buzz4 out of 100 · counts 15%+1
Where it ranks
- #16 of the 220 history books we rank
- #22 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #58 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2016)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) finalist (2016)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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