The forging of races: Race and scripture in the protestant Atlantic world, 1600-2000

The Forging of Races: Race and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic World, 1600-2000

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-309

  Kidd, Colin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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