text The unseen truth : when race changed sight in America
- Summary
- "Sarah Lewis deciphers the hugely popular nineteenth-century images that failed to dislodge Americans' faith in the mythical white homeland of the Caucasus. Actual Caucasians little resemble race science's ideals of whiteness, so Americans learned... Read more
- Contents
- Ungrounding: Reckoning after the Caucasian and Civil War -- Staging Truth: Frederick Douglass, the Circassian Beauties, and Picturing Progress -- Unsilencing the Past: The Production of Art, Culture, and History -- Negative Assembly: Mapping Racia... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- viii, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher
- 2024
Library | Location | Status |
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KCL | 305.80097 LEWIS in Adult Non-fiction | Reshelving |
Library | Location | Status |
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KCL | 305.80097 LEWIS in Adult Non-fiction | Reshelving |
Racism against Black people United States History
Black race Color United States Public opinion History
Caucasian race Public opinion History
Color vision Social aspects United States History
Visual communication Social aspects United States History
Race awareness United States History
Scientific racism United States History
African Americans Segregation History
Caucasus, Northern (Russia) History Russian Conquest, 1831-1859 Influence
United States Race relations History