The nature of difference [[electronic resource] ] : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics / / edited by Evelynn M. Hammonds and Rebecca M. Herzig

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.800973
• Soggetto topico: Race - Study and teaching - United States - History; Science - Social aspects - United States - History; Difference (Psychology) - Social aspects - United States - History; Race awareness - United States - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations History; United States Race relations History Sources
• Altri autori: HammondsEvelynn Maxine HerzigRebecca M. <1971->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1 Dictionary Definitions of ""Race""; 2 Anatomical Observations ; 3 Immunity and Contagion ; 4 Evolution and Degeneration; 5 Techniques of Measurement; 6 Glandular Differences ; 7 Hybridity and Admixture ; 8 Toward Genetics ; 9 The End of Race? ; Index
• Titolo autorizzato: The nature of difference
• ISBN: 0-262-30901-7; 0-262-27483-3; 1-4416-0135-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782858103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II