''Neither Black nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United States'' is a 1971 nonfiction book written by American author Carl N. Degler, published by

University of Wisconsin Press The University of Wisconsin Press (sometimes abbreviated as UW Press) is a non-profit university press publishing peer-reviewed books and journals. It publishes work by scholars from the global academic community; works of fiction, memoir and po ...

, which contrasts racial attitudes in the United States and Brazil, arguing that Brazilian culture developed a more fluid idea of race than American culture did, which maintained sharp distinctions between "black" and "white." The book was awarded the 1972

Pulitzer Prize for History The Pulitzer Prize for History, administered by Columbia University, is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished book about the history ...

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1971 non-fiction books American history books Books about African-American history 20th-century history books Pulitzer Prize for History-winning works University of Wisconsin Press books {{Brazil-hist-book-stub