The Victorian Reinvention of Race

New Racisms and the Problem of Grouping in the Human Sciences

af Edward (San Diego State University Beasley

Not until the early nineteenth century would polygenetic and racialist theories win many adherents. But by the middle of the nineteenth century in England, racial categories were imposed upon humanity. How the idea of 'race' gained popularity in England at that time is the central focus of The Victorian Reinvention of Race: New Racisms and the Problem of Grouping in the Human Sciences.