Browsing by Subject "Race"

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In the museum of man: race, anthropology, and empire in France, 1850-1950

Conklin, Alice L. (Cornell University Press, 2013)

This book grew out of my earlier study of French colonial administration in West Africa between 1895 and 1930. In that work, I was struck by the ways in which high-level offi cials in the 1920s began to claim that the very ...
The Nature of Race: How Scientists Think and Teach about Human Difference

Morning, Ann (University of California Press, 2011)

Americans think "race" means? What determines one's race--appearance, ancestry, genes, or culture? How do education, government, and business influence our views on race? To unravel these complex questions, Ann Morning ...