1st Edition
Blackness in Western Europe Racial Patterns of Paternalism and Exclusion
By Dienke Hondius
Copyright 2014
362 Pages
by
Routledge
364 Pages
by
Routledge
362 Pages
by
Routledge
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While the study of race relations in the United States continues to inspire and influence European thinking, Europeans have yet to confront their own history. To be black in Europe whether during the sixteenth century or today means sharing one crucial experience: being part of a small, but visible minority. European slave-owners, company directors, and investors in the distant past maintained... Read more
Preface
Introduction: Long Trends in European Race Relations
1. Paternalism, Race, and Racism in European History
2. A Convenient Perception: Slavery and the European View of Africans as Children
3. Race and Religion: A History of Christian Ambivalence
4. European Racial Shows, Collections, and "Science": Africans as Objects of White Exoticism and Curiosity
5. How Europe Remained Mostly White: Maintaining Boundaries, Restricting Access
6. Shoah and Empire: Race in Twentieth-Century Europe
Conclusions: Blackness in Europe: A History of Exceptions
Acknowledgments
Index
Biography
Dienke Hondius
