Bodies Complexioned: Human Variation and Racism in Early Modern English Culture, C. 1600-1750
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Skin-tones mattered in early modern England. Indexing health, social status, religious affiliation and national allegiance, they helped explain (away) poverty, colonialism, war and slavery. Drawing physical distinctions as a means to power has a complex h
Mark S. Dawson is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at the Australian National University, Canberra