This work throws new light on the nature and origins of ideas of racial difference. It reconstructs the evolution of the modern discourse of race and investigat

Many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and others, have historically faced severe discrimina

Argues that the social meaning of race in modern society emerges from the contradiction between an ideological commitment to equality and the persistence of ine

How interracial couples in Brazil and the US navigate racial boundaries How do people understand and navigate being married to a person of a different race? Bas

This sweeping work traces the idea of race for more than three centuries to show that 'race' is not a product of science but a cultural invention that has been