The anatomy of blackness : science & slavery in an age of Enlightenment

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
Subject(s)	French literature--18th century --History. French literature--19th century --History. Black people--Race identity Travel writing--History and criticism. Black people in literature Africa--In literature.

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)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WZ 80.5 B5 A535 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold