Measuring Manhood Race and the Science of Masculinity, 1830-1934 |
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| Author:
| Stein, Melissa N. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8166-7302-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $141.99 |
Book Description:
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From the "gay gene" to the "female brain" and African American students' insufficient "hereditary background" for higher education, arguments about a biological basis for human difference have reemerged in the twenty-first century. "Measuring Manhood "shows where they got their start.Melissa N. Stein analyzes how race became the purview of science
From the "gay gene" to the "female brain" and African American students' insufficient "hereditary background" for higher education, arguments about a biological basis for human difference have reemerged in the twenty-first century. "Measuring Manhood "shows where they got their start.Melissa N. Stein analyzes how race became the purview of science