| Description |
xiv, 381 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Part I. Anthropology: 1. Constructing a British identity -- 2. American diversity -- Part II. Biology: 3. In search of a biology of race -- 4. The limit of traditional reform -- 5. Mitigating racial differences -- Part III. Politics: 6. Confronting racism: scientists as politicians -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
"This fascinating study in the sociology of knowledge documents the refutation of scientific foundations for racism in Britain and the United States between the two world wars, when racial differences were no longer attributed to biological but to cultural factors. Professor Barkan considers the social significance of this transformation, particularly its effect on race relations in the modern world. Discussing the work of the leading biologists and anthropologists who wrote between the wars, he argues that the impetus for the shift in ideologies came from the inclusion of outsiders (women, Jews, and leftists) who infused greater egalitarianism into scientific discourse. But even though the emerging view of race was constrained by a scientific language, he shows that modern theorists were as much influenced by social and political events as were their predecessors. Book jacket."--Jacket |
| Analysis |
Great Britain |
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Racism History |
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United States |
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Eugenics |
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Great Britain |
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History, 1901-1945 |
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Overseas item |
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Physical anthropology |
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Race relations |
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Racial discrimination |
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Scientific research |
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United States |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-371) and index |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Eugenics -- Great Britain -- History.
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Eugenics -- United States -- History.
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Physical anthropology.
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Race.
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Racism -- Great Britain -- History.
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Racism -- United States -- History.
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Anthropology, Physical.
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Continental Population Groups.
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Eugenics -- history.
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Prejudice.
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Race Relations -- history.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007006281
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United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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United Kingdom. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006113 |
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United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| LC no. |
90020129 |
| ISBN |
0521391938 |
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0521458757 (pb) |
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