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Who's Black and Why?: A Hidden Chapter from the Eighteenth-Century Invention of Race

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2023 PROSE Award in European History

“An invaluable historical example of the creation of a scientific conception of race that is unlikely to disappear anytime soon.”
Washington Post

“Reveals how prestigious natural scientists once sought physical explanations, in vain, for a social identity that continues to carry enormous significance to this day.”
—Nell Irvin Painter, author of The History of White People

“A fascinating, if disturbing, window onto the origins of racism.”
Publishers Weekly

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