Delia's tears : race, science, and photography in nineteenth-century America /

In 1850 seven South Carolina slaves were photographed at the request of the famous naturalist Louis Agassiz to provide evidence of the supposed biological inferiority of Africans. Lost for many years, the photographs were rediscovered in the attic of Harvard's Peabody Museum in 1976. In the fir...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rogers, Molly, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Agassiz, Louis, > 1807-1873 > Political and social views.
Agassiz, Louis, > 1807-1873
1800-1899
Enslaved persons > South Carolina > Columbia Region > Pictorial works.
Enslaved persons > South Carolina > Columbia Region > Biography.
Photography > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Photography > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism in anthropology > United States > History > 19th century.
Black or African American > history
Anthropology, Physical > history
Photography > history
Racial Groups > history
History, 19th Century
Photographie > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Photographie > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Racisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Racisme en anthropologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Photography > Political aspects
Photography > Social aspects
Political and social views
Race relations
Racism
Racism in anthropology
Enslaved persons
Society.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
North Carolina.
North Carolina
United States
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Caroline du Nord.
South Carolina > Columbia Region
Biography
Biographies
History
Pictorial works
Biographies.
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