ISBN-13: 9781526134486 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 280 str.
ISBN-13: 9781526134486 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 280 str.
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. -- .