The Myth of Race

The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea

Robert Wald Sussman

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$22.00 • £17.95 • €20.00

ISBN 9780674660038

Publication Date: 03/14/2016

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384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

4 halftones, 2 line illustrations

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List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Early Racism in Western Europe
2. The Birth of Eugenics
3. The Merging of Polygenics and Eugenics
4. Eugenics and the Nazis
5. The Antidote: Boas and the Anthropological Concept of Culture
6. Physical Anthropology in the Early Twentieth Century
7. The Downfall of Eugenics
8. The Beginnings of Modern Scientific Racism
9. The Pioneer Fund, 1970s–1990s
10. The Pioneer Fund in the Twenty-First Century
11. Modern Racism and Anti-Immigration Policies
Conclusion
Appendix A: The Eugenics Movement, 1890s–1940s
Appendix B: The Pioneer Fund
References
Acknowledgments
Index

Awards & Accolades

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2015

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