Shades of Difference addresses the widespread but little studied phenomenon of colorism—the preference for lighter skin and the ranking of individual worth ac

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

What does it mean to be young, American, and white at the dawn of the twenty-first century? By exploring this question and revealing the everyday social process

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