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 origin...

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Weitere Verfasser: Gates, Henry Louis Jr. 1950- (HerausgeberIn), Curran, Andrew S. (HerausgeberIn)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2022]
Schlagworte:Racism in anthropology Scientific racism Black race Europeans Racism Electronic books Europa Schwarze Hautfarbe Rassentheorie mehr... Rassismus Geschichte 1739
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (321 Seiten)