Shades of Difference examines the significance of skin color in different societies around the world and its effects on relations between and within racial grou

Was there such a thing as a modern notion of race in the English Renaissance, and, if so, was skin color its necessary marker? In fact, early modern texts descr

Valery Lewis thought her life was well planned until college traditions steeped in colorism stood in the way of her success. Shades of Difference narrates the c

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series comes a “laugh-out-loud funny” (Los Angeles Times) and “brilliantly original” (Bo