Wheeler, Roxann.

The Complexion of Race : Categories of Difference in Eighteenth-Century British Culture. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (382 pages) - New Cultural Studies . - New Cultural Studies .

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction. The Empire of Climate: Categories of Race in Eighteenth-Century Britain -- 1. Christians, Savages, and Slaves: From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic -- 2. Racializing Civility: Violence and Trade in Africa -- 3. Romanticizing Racial Difference: Benevolent Subordination and the Midcentury Novel -- 4. Consuming Englishness: On the Margins of Civil Society -- 5. The Politicization of Race: The Specter of the Colonies in Britain -- Epilogue. Theorizing Race and Racism in the Eighteenth Century -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Acknowledgments.

"The Complexion of Race marks a decisive break with literary history's binary version of eighteenth-century British radical thought."--Journal of Social History.

9780812200140


Race awareness-Great Britain-History-18th century.
English fiction-18th century-History and criticism.
Difference (Psychology)-History-18th century.
Race in literature.
Great Britain-Race relations-History-18th century.
Great Britain-Social conditions-18th century.
Great Britain-Civilization-18th century.


Electronic books.

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