John Broich is Associate Professor of History at Case Wetern Reserve University. His previous books include Squadron: Ending the African Slave Trade (2022) and Blood, Oil, and the Axis (2022) and he has written for the Guardian, Washington Post and BBC History Magazine.

• Introduction; Part I. The Long Evolution of a 'Master Race' and 'Slave Race': 1. Before Whiteness, 400s BCE–1600; 2. The Emergence of Whiteness – Gradually and Suddenly, 1400–1730s; 3. Defining Whiteness through the 'Enlightenment,' 1600–1800; Part II. Redefining the 'Master' and Inventing the White Man's Burden: 4. The Empire of Whiteness, 1600–1830s; 5. Between White Father and Elimination, 1800–1865; 6. Creating the White Man's Burden, 1865–1930s; 7. White Supremacy's Death-Grip, 1930s–Present; Final Reflections and Prospects for the Future.

'Historians rarely offer such a thorough and powerfully accurate account of white supremacy in a digestible and succinct text as John Broich has written. White Supremacy: A Short History is a tremendous resource for scholars and students alike. Broich succeeds in taking readers through a journey over the centuries of racial thinking drawing their attention to horrors of white violence and debilitating proliferation of white supremacist ideology within the United States and Europe. Highly recommended.' Tommy J. Curry, author of Another white Man's Burden