The nature of difference : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics /
edited by Evelynn M. Hammonds and Rebecca M. Herzig.
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008.
- xv, 380 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dictionary definitions of "race" -- Anatomical observations -- Immunity and contagion -- Evolution and degeneration -- Techniques of measurement -- Glandular differences -- Hybridity and admixture -- Toward genetics -- The end of race?
Race--Study and teaching--History.--United States Race--Study and teaching--History--United States--Sources. Science--Social aspects--History.--United States Science--Social aspects--History--United States--Sources. Difference (Psychology)--Social aspects--History.--United States Difference (Psychology)--Social aspects--History--United States--Sources. Race awareness--History.--United States Race awareness--History--United States--Sources.
United States--Race relations--History. United States--Race relations--History--Sources.