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The Resource The retreat of scientific racism : changing concepts of race in Britain and the United States between the world wars, Elazar Barkan, (electronic resource)

The retreat of scientific racism : changing concepts of race in Britain and the United States between the world wars, Elazar Barkan, (electronic resource)

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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 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.--
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eng
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Publication
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1 online resource (xiv, 381 pages)
Contents
  • American diversity
  • Haunted sentinels
  • European skulls and the primitive mind
  • The Boasians
  • American physical anthropology
  • The politics of coexistence
  • Dionysia in the Pacific
  • Biology
  • In search of a biology of race
  • NewGenics
  • Anthropology
  • The statistician's fable
  • Race crossing in Jamaica
  • A Canadian in London: rigid Reginald Ruggles Gates
  • The limit of traditional reform
  • A racist liberal: Julian Huxley's early years
  • Herbert Spencer Jennings and progressive eugenics
  • A conservative critique: Raymond Pearl
  • Bridging race formalism and population genetics
  • Mitigating racial differences
  • Lancelot Hogben
  • Constructing a British identity
  • "Africa view"--Huxley's changing perspectives
  • J.B.S. Haldane: a defiant aristocrat
  • Medicine and eugenics: expanding the environment
  • Eugenics reformed
  • Politics
  • Confronting racism: scientists as politicians
  • 1933--Early hesitations
  • Britain--Race and Culture Committee
  • We Europeans
  • The American scene
  • Colors into races
  • An international interlude
  • The Paris Congress
  • The population committee
  • Out of the closet
  • A transition to modern British anthropology
  • The founding fathers
  • Mummies, bones and stones
  • The shift in British archaeology
  • A British glimpse at race relations
Isbn
9780521458757
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511558351
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The retreat of scientific racism : changing concepts of race in Britain and the United States between the world wars
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The retreat of scientific racism
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changing concepts of race in Britain and the United States between the world wars
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Elazar Barkan
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Language
eng
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 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.--
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  • Race
  • Physical anthropology
  • Eugenics
  • Eugenics
  • Racism
  • Racism
  • Great Britain
  • United States
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The retreat of scientific racism : changing concepts of race in Britain and the United States between the world wars, Elazar Barkan, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511558351
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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text
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rdacontent
Contents
  • American diversity
  • Haunted sentinels
  • European skulls and the primitive mind
  • The Boasians
  • American physical anthropology
  • The politics of coexistence
  • Dionysia in the Pacific
  • Biology
  • In search of a biology of race
  • NewGenics
  • Anthropology
  • The statistician's fable
  • Race crossing in Jamaica
  • A Canadian in London: rigid Reginald Ruggles Gates
  • The limit of traditional reform
  • A racist liberal: Julian Huxley's early years
  • Herbert Spencer Jennings and progressive eugenics
  • A conservative critique: Raymond Pearl
  • Bridging race formalism and population genetics
  • Mitigating racial differences
  • Lancelot Hogben
  • Constructing a British identity
  • "Africa view"--Huxley's changing perspectives
  • J.B.S. Haldane: a defiant aristocrat
  • Medicine and eugenics: expanding the environment
  • Eugenics reformed
  • Politics
  • Confronting racism: scientists as politicians
  • 1933--Early hesitations
  • Britain--Race and Culture Committee
  • We Europeans
  • The American scene
  • Colors into races
  • An international interlude
  • The Paris Congress
  • The population committee
  • Out of the closet
  • A transition to modern British anthropology
  • The founding fathers
  • Mummies, bones and stones
  • The shift in British archaeology
  • A British glimpse at race relations
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CR9780511558351
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 381 pages)
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online
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Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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9780521458757
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computer
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rdamedia
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digital, PDF file(s).
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(OCoLC)797856440
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The retreat of scientific racism : changing concepts of race in Britain and the United States between the world wars, Elazar Barkan, (electronic resource)
Link
https://eui.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511558351
Publication
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • American diversity
  • Haunted sentinels
  • European skulls and the primitive mind
  • The Boasians
  • American physical anthropology
  • The politics of coexistence
  • Dionysia in the Pacific
  • Biology
  • In search of a biology of race
  • NewGenics
  • Anthropology
  • The statistician's fable
  • Race crossing in Jamaica
  • A Canadian in London: rigid Reginald Ruggles Gates
  • The limit of traditional reform
  • A racist liberal: Julian Huxley's early years
  • Herbert Spencer Jennings and progressive eugenics
  • A conservative critique: Raymond Pearl
  • Bridging race formalism and population genetics
  • Mitigating racial differences
  • Lancelot Hogben
  • Constructing a British identity
  • "Africa view"--Huxley's changing perspectives
  • J.B.S. Haldane: a defiant aristocrat
  • Medicine and eugenics: expanding the environment
  • Eugenics reformed
  • Politics
  • Confronting racism: scientists as politicians
  • 1933--Early hesitations
  • Britain--Race and Culture Committee
  • We Europeans
  • The American scene
  • Colors into races
  • An international interlude
  • The Paris Congress
  • The population committee
  • Out of the closet
  • A transition to modern British anthropology
  • The founding fathers
  • Mummies, bones and stones
  • The shift in British archaeology
  • A British glimpse at race relations
Control code
CR9780511558351
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 381 pages)
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
Isbn
9780521458757
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital, PDF file(s).
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)797856440

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