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Bodies Complexioned: Human Variation and Racism in Early Modern English Culture, c. 1600-1750
Hardback
Main Details
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Bodies Complexioned: Human Variation and Racism in Early Modern English Culture, c. 1600-1750
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Mark Dawson
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:280 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156 |
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| Category/Genre | British and Irish History
History of science |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781526134486
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| Classifications | Dewey:305.800942 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
10 black & white illustrations, 4 graphs
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Manchester University Press
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| Imprint |
Manchester University Press
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| Publication Date |
13 May 2019 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Skin-tones mattered in early modern England. Indexing health, social status, religious affiliation and national allegiance, they helped explain (away) poverty, colonialism, war and slavery. Drawing physical distinctions as a means to power has a complex history - one belying racism's assumption that such distinctions are natural or timeless. -- .
Author Biography
Mark S. Dawson is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the Australian National University, Canberra -- .
Reviews'What did his blackness mean to early modern Englishmen? This is the kind of complex issue regarding chromatics (color) and ethnology that Mark Dawson examines in Bodies Complexioned.' Journal of British Studies -- .
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