ISBN:
9781851094530
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 403 pages)
Serie:
Science and society
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Jackson, John P. Race, racism, and science
DDC:
305.8
Schlagwort(e):
Race..
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Race awareness ; History..
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Racism ; History..
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Social evolution..
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Human evolution..
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Race discrimination ; History
;
Electronic books
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Rassismus
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Wissenschaft
;
Geschichte
Kurzfassung:
An overview of the history of the race concept in European and American science, this text is based on research that shows how concepts of race and science grew together in Western thought. It features an extensive bibliography citing original scientific papers dating back to the 18th century.
Kurzfassung:
Intro -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Prologue -- 1 The Origins of Racial Science, Antiquity-1800 -- 2 The Establishment of Racial Typology, 1800-1859 -- 3 Race and Evolution, 1859-1900 -- 4 The Hardening of Scientific Racism, 1900-1945 -- 5 The Retreat of Scientific Racism, 1890-1940 -- 6 The Liberal Orthodoxy, 1940-1960 -- 7 A Multicultural Science of Race, 1965 to the Present -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Documents -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.
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