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Before Color Prejudice: The Ancient View of Blacks
Frank M. Snowden
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Description for Before Color Prejudice: The Ancient View of Blacks
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 maps, 54 halftones and 8 line illustrations in a 48 page insert. BIC Classification: JFF; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
In this richly illustrated account of black-white contacts from the Pharaohs to the Caesars, Frank Snowden demonstrates that the ancients did not discriminate against blacks because of their color. For three thousand years Mediterranean whites intermittently came in contact with African blacks in commerce and war, and left a record of these encounters in art and in written documents. The blacks--most commonly known as Kushites, Ethiopians, or Nubians--were redoubtable warriors and commanded the respect of their white adversaries. The overall view of blacks was highly favorable. In science, philosophy, and religion color was not the basis of theories concerning ... Read more
In this richly illustrated account of black-white contacts from the Pharaohs to the Caesars, Frank Snowden demonstrates that the ancients did not discriminate against blacks because of their color. For three thousand years Mediterranean whites intermittently came in contact with African blacks in commerce and war, and left a record of these encounters in art and in written documents. The blacks--most commonly known as Kushites, Ethiopians, or Nubians--were redoubtable warriors and commanded the respect of their white adversaries. The overall view of blacks was highly favorable. In science, philosophy, and religion color was not the basis of theories concerning ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
Weight
362g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674063815
SKU
V9780674063815
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About Frank M. Snowden
Frank M. Snowden, Jr., was Professor of Classics, Emeritus, at Howard University.
Reviews for Before Color Prejudice: The Ancient View of Blacks
This elegantly written book...collects evidence for artistic representations of African individuals in the ancient world from Egyptian to Roman times...[The] illustrations are well chosen and [show] how the ancient world saw the people of its southern frontiers.
P. L. Shinnie American Historical Review This cogent, well-written study is richly illustrated with 47 pages of plates of uniformly high quality. ... Read more
P. L. Shinnie American Historical Review This cogent, well-written study is richly illustrated with 47 pages of plates of uniformly high quality. ... Read more