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The Retreat of Scientific Racism : Changing Concepts of Race in Britain and the United States between the World Wars
The Retreat of Scientific Racism Changing Concepts of Race in Britain and the United States between the World Wars
Author: Elazar Barkan
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 the definition of race as a biological concept was replaced by a cultural notion of race. Discussing the work of the leading biologists and anthropologists who wrote ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521391931
ISBN-10: 0521391938
Publication Date: 1/31/1992
Pages: 395
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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