The Forging of Races

by Colin Kidd

Book Overview

This book revolutionises our understanding of race. Building upon the insight that races are products of culture rather than biology, Colin Kidd demonstrates that the Bible - the key text in Western culture - has left a vivid imprint on modern racial theories and prejudices. Fixing his attention on the changing relationship between race and theology in the Protestant Atlantic world between 1600 and 2000 Kidd shows that, while the Bible itself is colour-blind,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521797292
• ISBN13: 9780521797290
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"