Race Unmasked Biology and Race in the Twentieth Century |
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| Author:
| Yudell, Michael |
| Foreword by:
| Venter, J. Craig |
| Series title: | Race, Inequality, and Health Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-16875-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2018 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $52.95 |
Book Description:
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Race Unmasked revisits the origins of widespread beliefs about the scientific nature of racial differences and explains why race continues to generate controversy as a tool of classification even in our genomic age. Michael Yudell reveals how genetics and related disciplines formed and preserved ideas of race and, at times, racism.
Race Unmasked revisits the origins of widespread beliefs about the scientific nature of racial differences and explains why race continues to generate controversy as a tool of classification even in our genomic age. Michael Yudell reveals how genetics and related disciplines formed and preserved ideas of race and, at times, racism.