Introduction : "Caucasians" and the political history of racial identities
Before the "Caucasian race" : antecedents of European racialism, ca. 1000-1684
Enlightenment science and the invention of the "Caucasian race," 1684-1795
Passage into "our ordinary forms of expression" : the "Caucasian race," ca. 1795-1850
Racialized nationalism and the partial eclipse of the "Caucasian race," ca. 1840-1935
The color line and the "Caucasian race" revival, 1935-51
Not-so-benign racialism : the "Caucasian race" after decolonization, 1952-2005
"Where Caucasian means black" : "race," nation, and the Chechen wars
Conclusion : deconstructing "Caucasia," dismantling racism.