Race Unmasked
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-16874-8 (ISBN)
Race, while drawn from the visual cues of human diversity, is an idea with a measurable past, an identifiable present, and an uncertain future. The concept of race has been at the center of both triumphs and tragedies in American history and has had a profound effect on the human experience. Race Unmasked revisits the origins of commonly held beliefs about the scientific nature of racial differences, examines the roots of the modern idea of race, and explains why race continues to generate controversy as a tool of classification even in our genomic age. Surveying the work of some of the twentieth century's most notable scientists, Race Unmasked reveals how genetics and related biological disciplines formed and preserved ideas of race and, at times, racism. A gripping history of science and scientists, Race Unmasked elucidates the limitations of a racial worldview and throws the contours of our current and evolving understanding of human diversity into sharp relief.
Michael Yudell is an associate professor at the Drexel University School of Public Health, where he directs the Program in Public Health Ethics and History. He is author of the blog The Public's Health for the Philadelphia Inquirer and his prior books include Welcome to the Genome: A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future and The Genomic Revolution: Unveiling the Unity of Life. He is currently writing a history of autism spectrum disorders.
Foreword by J. Craig Venter Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Eugenic Foundation 2. Charles Davenport and the Biology of Blackness 3. Eugenics in the Public's Eye 4. The National Research Council and the Scientific Study of Race 5. Coloring Race Difference 6. Biology and the Problem of the Color Line 7. Race and the Evolutionary Synthesis 8. Consolidating the Race Concept in Biology 9. Challenges to the Race Concept 10. Naturalizing Racism: The Controversy Over Sociobiology 11. Race in the Genomic Age Epilogue: Dobzhansky's Paradox and the Future of Racial Research Notes Bibliography Index
| Reihe/Serie | Race, Inequality, and Health ; 6 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | J. Craig Venter |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-231-16874-8 / 0231168748 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-16874-8 / 9780231168748 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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