Who's Black and why?: a hidden chapter from the eighteenth-century invention of race

"In 1739 Bordeaux's Royal Academy of Sciences held an essay contest seeking answers to a pressing question: What was the cause of Africans' black skin? Published here for the first time and translated into English, these early documents of scientific racism lay bare the Enlightenment...

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Weitere Verfasser: Gates, Henry Louis Jr. 1950- (HerausgeberIn), Curran, Andrew S. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2022
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Zusammenfassung:"In 1739 Bordeaux's Royal Academy of Sciences held an essay contest seeking answers to a pressing question: What was the cause of Africans' black skin? Published here for the first time and translated into English, these early documents of scientific racism lay bare the Enlightenment origins of the phantom of racial hierarchy"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beschreibung:xvi, 303 Seiten Illustrationen, 1 Karte
ISBN:9780674244269

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