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In 1739 Bordeaux's Royal Academy of Sciences held an essay contest seeking answers to a pressing question: What was the cause of Africans' black skin? Published here for the first…
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Andrew S. Curran
A spirited biography of the prophetic and sympathetic philosopher who, along with Voltaire and Rousseau, helped build the foundations of the modern world.
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Andrew S Curran
Exploring eighteenth-century travel narratives, natural history, works on anatomy, philosophical texts, and pro- and anti-slavery texts, this book reveals the relationship between scholarly ideas, commercial profit, and the violence inflicted…
Andrew S. Curran (Wesleyan University)
Penetrating and comprehensive, The Anatomy of Blackness shows that, far from being a monolithic idea, eighteenth-century Africanist discourse emerged out of a vigorous, varied dialogue that involved missionaries, slavers, colonists…
In 1739 Bordeaux’s Royal Academy of Sciences held an essay contest seeking answers to a pressing question: What was the cause of Africans’ black skin? Published here for the first…
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