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Wheeler, Roxann. The Complexion of Race: Categories of Difference in Eighteenth-Century British Culture. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000.
Investigates theories of racial difference in 18th-century Britain and argues that skin color became the dominate marker of difference in the late 18th century. Wheeler traces the ways cultural signs such as clothing and religion were part of identifying human variety prior to the 18th century. This work engages in discussions of racialization, literary history, religion, and enlightenment thought.
