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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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Bodies Complexioned, Mark Dawson
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- Released
- 2022
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- Title
- Bodies Complexioned
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mark Dawson
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 280
- ISBN10
- 152616390X
- ISBN13
- 9781526163905
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Maps & Travel, Hobby, Travel
- 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. -- .