Beschreibung:
Sharon Block is Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine.
IntroductionChapter 1. Complicating Humors and Rethinking ComplexionChapter 2. Shaping Bodies in Print: Labor and HealthChapter 3. Coloring Bodies: Naturalized IncompatibilitiesChapter 4. Categorizing Bodies: Race, Place, and the Pursuit of FreedomChapter 5. Written by and on the Body: Racialization of Affects and EffectsEpilogueAppendices1. Advertisements for Runaways: Sources and Methodology2. Graphic Overview of Advertisements for Runaways3. Newspapers with Advertisements for Runaways (1750-75)NotesIndexAcknowledgments