02039cam a2200433 i 4500 1654389417 TxGeo 20241003120000.0 240119s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024001351 9780674238343 hbk. 0674238346 hbk. TxGeo rda Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth, 1979-, author. The unseen truth : when race changed sight in America / Sarah Lewis. ©2024. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2024] 400 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Sarah Lewis deciphers the hugely popular nineteenth-century images that failed to dislodge Americans' faith in the mythical white homeland of the Caucasus. Actual Caucasians little resemble race science's ideals of whiteness, so Americans learned to manipulate their visual regime-and visual media-to suppress evidence of race's incoherence."-- Provided by publisher. 20241016. Racism against Black people United States History. Black race Color United States Public opinion History. Caucasian race Public opinion History. Color vision Social aspects United States History. Visual communication Social aspects United States History. Race awareness United States History. Scientific racism United States History. African Americans Segregation History. Caucasus, Northern (Russia) History Russian Conquest, 1831-1859 Influence. United States Race relations History. QS5