{"product_id":"romans-and-blacks-routledge-revivals-lloyd-a-thompson-9780415749930","title":"Romans and Blacks (Routledge Revivals)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoman literature seems to provide plenty of instances of contempt towards foreign or black individuals, but it is an untenable assumption that such distaste amounts to a racist attitude, particularly considering how elusive the definitions of 'race' and 'racism' are. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking extensive use of developments in sociological theory and psychology, \u003ci\u003eRomans and Blacks\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1989, presents an innovative and illuminating picture of black-white relations in Roman society. It is argued that 'race' as a somatic identification that entails permanent and genetically transmitted social disabilities was absent, and that the main deference-entitling distinctions in the Roman world were socio-cultural rather than somatic. Therefore, Professor Thompson concludes, references to black skins and negroid features should be interpreted in aesthetic terms. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging study brings welcome clarity to the discussion of blacks in the Roman world, and is valuable for all students of race relations as well as classicists and historians. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lloyd A. Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041574993X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415749930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Lloyd A. Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45478332956927,"sku":"9780415749930","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e7142ed-5180-49d4-a4d3-47f8a544d9c6.jpg?v=1715934950","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/romans-and-blacks-routledge-revivals-lloyd-a-thompson-9780415749930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}