ISBN:
9780813119632
,
9780813149080 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
163 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780813149080
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
305.896073
Keywords:
Boas, Franz
;
Schwarze
;
Rassismus
;
Ethnische Beziehungen
;
USA
;
Online-Publikation
Abstract:
In this thought-provoking reexamination of the history of ""racial science"" Vernon J. Williams argues that all current theories of race and race relations can be understood as extensions of or reactions to the theories formulated during the first half of the twentieth century. Williams explores these theories in a carefully crafted analysis of Franz Boas and his influence upon his contemporaries, especially W.E.B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, George W. Ellis, and Robert E. Park. Historians have long recognized the monumental role Franz Boas played in eviscerating the racist worldview that pr...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Online-Ausg.:
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