This collection of original essays by scholars from a diverse range of fields, examines issues of race in a variety of historical and geographical settings, ranging from classical Greece to the contemporary Americas, Europe and Asia. The authors provide an important perspective on race both in its theoretical origins and in its actual appearances while paying close attention to the ways in which the study of race itself has been carried on or ignored by various disciplines.

Contributions by: Dina L. Anselmi, Janet Bauer, Daniel G. Blackburn, Jack Chatfield, Andrew J. Gold, Priscilla Kehoe, Berel Lang, Paul Lauter, Sonia M. Lee, James Muldoon, Colbert Nepaulsingh, Dalia Ofer, Margo V. Perkins, Gary Reger, King-fai Tam, Maurice L. Wade, Johnny E. Williams