Race : the origins of an idea, 1760 - 1850 / ed. and introd. by Hannah Franziska Augstein.

The nineteenth century saw the rejection of earlier classifications of racial diversity - as grounded in environment, education, and divine origins - for that of scienticic racialism. Used to account for political problems within Europe, it justified imperialism and the imposition of rule over so-ca...

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Other Authors:Augstein, Hannah Franziska
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Bristol : Thoemmes, 1996.
Series:Key issues 14
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