Challenge your ideas about race with a careful, historically grounded analysis of how “superior” and “inferior” claims have shaped policy and people.
This volume continues a deliberate examination of the moral claims behind racial hierarchies. It moves beyond physical and mental comparisons to scrutinize how supposed morals influence real-world decisions within empires and among peoples.
- Understand how historical policies affected the treatment and opportunity of coloured British subjects.
- See how coercion, deception, and aspersion have been used in governance and public life.
- Compare claims of “moral superiority” with the actual conduct of different races in various contexts.
- Learn how this work sets up further discussion across multiple volumes.
Ideal for readers interested in race, empire, and the ethical questions that arise when power meets history.