The Nature of Difference : Sciences of Race in the United States from Jefferson to Genomics.
Title:
The Nature of Difference : Sciences of Race in the United States from Jefferson to Genomics.
Author:
Hammonds, Evelynn M.
ISBN:
9780262274838
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (400 pages)
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
A collection of wide-ranging primary source material that tracks the shifting relationships between race and science through two centuries of American history.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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