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The myth of race : the troubling persistence of an unscientific idea / Robert Wald Sussman.

By: Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014Description: ix, 374 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674417311
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.8 23
LOC classification:
  • HT1521 .S83 2014
Contents:
Early racism in western Europe -- The birth of eugenics -- The merging of polygenics and eugenics -- Eugenics and the Nazis -- The antidote : Boas and the anthropological concept of culture -- Physical anthropology in the early twentieth century -- The downfall of eugenics -- The beginnings of modern scientific racism -- The Pioneer Fund, 1970s-1990s -- The Pioneer Fund in the twenty-first century -- Modern racism and anti-immigration policies -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : The eugenics movement, 1890s-1940s -- Appendix B : The Pioneer Fund
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HT1521 .S83 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001353399

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Early racism in western Europe -- The birth of eugenics -- The merging of polygenics and eugenics -- Eugenics and the Nazis -- The antidote : Boas and the anthropological concept of culture -- Physical anthropology in the early twentieth century -- The downfall of eugenics -- The beginnings of modern scientific racism -- The Pioneer Fund, 1970s-1990s -- The Pioneer Fund in the twenty-first century -- Modern racism and anti-immigration policies -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : The eugenics movement, 1890s-1940s -- Appendix B : The Pioneer Fund

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