INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER OF THE INVENTION OF RACE IN THE EUROPEAN MIDDLE AGES (Cambridge UP, March 8,, 2018)

This is the typescript of the Introductory chapter of the book, THE INVENTION OF RACE IN THE EUROPEAN MIDDLE AGES, published on March 8, 2018 by Cambridge UP (503 pp., 8 chapters, 10" x 7" format). The book discusses Jews, Muslims, Africans and blackness, Native Americans, Mongols, and the...

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Main Author: Heng, Geraldine
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Humanities Commons 2018
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.17613/m67p3b
https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:18967/
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Summary:This is the typescript of the Introductory chapter of the book, THE INVENTION OF RACE IN THE EUROPEAN MIDDLE AGES, published on March 8, 2018 by Cambridge UP (503 pp., 8 chapters, 10" x 7" format). The book discusses Jews, Muslims, Africans and blackness, Native Americans, Mongols, and the Romani ("Gypsies") in 7 chapters, including a critical survey and a conceptual analysis of premodern race.