The anatomy of blackness : science & slavery in an age of Enlightenment / Andrew S. Curran.
Author/creator |
Curran, Andrew S. |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. |
Description | xiv, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Contents | Introduction: Tissue samples in the land of conjecture -- Paper trails: writing the African, 1450-1750 -- Sameness and science, 1730-1750 -- The problem of difference: philosophes and the processing of African "ethnography," 1750-1755 -- The natural history of slavery, 1770-1802 -- Coda: black Africans and the enlightenment legacy. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-293) and index. |
LCCN | 2010050254 |
ISBN | 9781421401508 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
ISBN | 1421401509 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Laupus | Books - Stacks | WZ 80.5 B5 A535 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |