Whos Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth Century Invention of Race

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Whos Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth Century Invention of Race

In 1739 Bordeauxs 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.
  • Brand: Harvard University Press
  • Category: History
  • Format: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Publication Date: 2022-12-29
  • Publisher / Label: Harvard University Press
  • Author: Henry Louis Gates Jr.
  • Number of Pages: 320
  • Fruugo ID: 457565073-964125858
  • ISBN: 9780674244269

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