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Sarah Lewis, "The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America" (Harvard UP, 2024)

New Books in Critical Theory

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Unpacking Racial Hierarchies Through Maps and Geography

This chapter explores the importance of map-making and its transformations, especially the Caucasus region's removal from maps in the 1890s. It highlights how these geographical changes reveal and reinforce racial hierarchies while examining the role of archival work in shaping our understanding of racial dynamics over time.

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