The nature of difference : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics

Publication Data

• Title The nature of difference : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics
• Contributors Evelynn Maxine Hammonds, Rebecca M. Herzig
• Publisher MIT Press
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location Cambridge, Mass.
• Language English

Contents

Dictionary definitions of "race"
Anatomical observations
Immunity and contagion
Evolution and degeneration
Techniques of measurement
Glandular differences
Hybridity and admixture
Toward genetics
The end of race?

Topics

• Race :: Study and teaching :: United States :: History
• Race :: Study and teaching :: United States :: History :: Sources
• Science :: Social aspects :: United States :: History
• Science :: Social aspects :: United States :: History :: Sources
• Difference (Psychology) :: Social aspects :: United States :: History
• Difference (Psychology) :: Social aspects :: United States :: History :: Sources
• Race awareness :: United States :: History
• Race awareness :: United States :: History :: Sources
• United States :: Race relations :: History
• United States :: Race relations :: History :: Sources
• United States

The nature of difference : sciences of race in the United States from Jefferson to genomics. ISBN 9780262582759. Published by MIT Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.