
The Invention of Race
A history of the conceptualisation of raceThe word «race» is widely used, yet few can say what this concept actually signifies. Does race exist? Can we divide human beings into races the way we divide dogs into breeds?
This book takes us from the Ancient Greek theories of the connection between climate and temperament, through to the defence of the slave trade in modern history, and finally to the racism of today: From Swedish botanist Linné’s mid-eighteenth century journey through Lapland, to cranium-measuring anthropologists, right up to the present day and how the concept of race is still in use.
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