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This document discusses the changing definitions and uses of the terms "nation", "race", and "tribe" from the Renaissance through the 18th century to describe different populations. In the Renaissance, ethnographic descriptions focused on distinct "nations" that were seen as having unique temperaments due to environmental factors. By the 18th century, groups like "Negroes" and "Americans" were increasingly described as "races" with common inherited traits rather than diverse "nations". This represented a sh

Author

Pedro II

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EN