Nicholas Hudson is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is the author of Samuel Johnson and Eighteenth-Century Thought (1988), Writing and European Thought (1994), Samuel Johnson and the Making of Modern England (2001) and A Political Life of Samuel Johnson (2013). In the area of Race Studies, he has published ‘From “Nation” to “Race”: The Origin of Racial Classification in Eighteenth-Century Thought’ (1996), ‘“Hottentots” and the Evolution of European Racism’ (2004) and “The ‘Hottentots Venus’ and the Changing Aesthetics of Race, 1600– 1850’ (2008).

• List of IllustrationsGeneral Editor’s Preface, Marius TurdaIntroduction, Nicholas Hudson1. Definitions and Representations of Race, Dennis Austin Britton2. Race, Environment, Culture, Jean E. Feerick3. Race and Religion, Robert Bernasconi4. Race and Science, Suman Seth5. Race and Politics, Matthew Bennett6. Race and Ethnicity, Noémie Ndiaye7. Race and Gender, Carl Plasa8. Race and Sexuality, Nicholas Hudson9. Anti-Race, Roxann WheelerNotesBibliographyContributorsIndex

Nicholas Hudson is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is the author of Samuel Johnson and Eighteenth-Century Thought (1988), Writing and European Thought (1994), Samuel Johnson and the Making of Modern England (2001) and A Political Life of Samuel Johnson (2013). In the area of Race Studies, he has published ‘From “Nation” to “Race”: The Origin of Racial Classification in Eighteenth-Century Thought’ (1996), ‘“Hottentots” and the Evolution of European Racism’ (2004) and “The ‘Hottentots Venus’ and the Changing Aesthetics of Race, 1600– 1850’ (2008).

• List of IllustrationsGeneral Editor’s Preface, Marius TurdaIntroduction, Nicholas Hudson1. Definitions and Representations of Race, Dennis Austin Britton2. Race, Environment, Culture, Jean E. Feerick3. Race and Religion, Robert Bernasconi4. Race and Science, Suman Seth5. Race and Politics, Matthew Bennett6. Race and Ethnicity, Noémie Ndiaye7. Race and Gender, Carl Plasa8. Race and Sexuality, Nicholas Hudson9. Anti-Race, Roxann WheelerNotesBibliographyContributorsIndex

Nicholas Hudson is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is the author of Samuel Johnson and Eighteenth-Century Thought (1988), Writing and European Thought (1994), Samuel Johnson and the Making of Modern England (2001) and A Political Life of Samuel Johnson (2013). In the area of Race Studies, he has published ‘From “Nation” to “Race”: The Origin of Racial Classification in Eighteenth-Century Thought’ (1996), ‘“Hottentots” and the Evolution of European Racism’ (2004) and “The ‘Hottentots Venus’ and the Changing Aesthetics of Race, 1600– 1850’ (2008).

• List of IllustrationsGeneral Editor’s Preface, Marius TurdaIntroduction, Nicholas Hudson1. Definitions and Representations of Race, Dennis Austin Britton2. Race, Environment, Culture, Jean E. Feerick3. Race and Religion, Robert Bernasconi4. Race and Science, Suman Seth5. Race and Politics, Matthew Bennett6. Race and Ethnicity, Noémie Ndiaye7. Race and Gender, Carl Plasa8. Race and Sexuality, Nicholas Hudson9. Anti-Race, Roxann WheelerNotesBibliographyContributorsIndex