ISBN:
9781526134493
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (281 pages)
DDC:
305.80094209032
Schlagwort(e):
Geschichte 1600-1750
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Aussehen
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Hautfarbe
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Verschiedenheit
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Vorurteil
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Ethnische Beziehungen
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Kultur
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England
Kurzfassung:
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.
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