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



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Titolo: The nature of difference : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics / / edited by Evelynn M. Hammonds and Rebecca M. Herzig Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008
Edizione: 1st ed.
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
Sommario/riassunto: A collection of wide-ranging primary source material that tracks the shifting relationships between race and science through two centuries of American history.
Titolo autorizzato: The nature of difference  Visualizza cluster
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.: 9910820022503321
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