Patterns of Dominance

"Philip Mason ... considers the development of race relations and of various forms of dominance by man over man as stages in an historical process. He examines the systems of inequality in societies as distinct as New Zealand and ancient Sparta, modern Britain and the Deep South of the United States, and he provides detailed studies of caste in India, separate development in Southern Africa, and the concept of race in Spanish-speaking America, the Caribbean, and Brazil"--Back cover