| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 169 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Attempts of nineteenth-century writers to establish "race" as a biological concept failed after Charles Darwin opened the door to a new world of knowledge. Yet this word already had a place in the organization of everyday life and in ordinary English language usage. This book explains how the idea of race became so important in the USA, generating conceptual confusion that can now be clarified. Developing an international approach, it reviews references to "race," "racism," and "ethnicity" in sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and comparative politics and identifies promising lines of research that may make it possible to supersede misleading notions of race in the social sciences. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the paradox -- The scientific sources of the paradox -- The political sources of the paradox -- International pragmatism -- Sociological knowledge -- Conceptions of racism -- Ethnic origin and ethnicity -- Collective action -- Conclusion : the paradox resolved. |
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Race.
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Ethnicity.
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Ethnicity -- United States.
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United States -- Race relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Social and political philosophy.
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Ethnicity. (OCoLC)fst00916034
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Race. (OCoLC)fst01086436
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Banton, Michael, 1926- What we now know about race and ethnicity 9781782386032 (DLC) 2015006532 (OCoLC)904505976 |
| ISBN |
9781782386131 (electronic bk.) |
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1782386130 (electronic bk.) |
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9781785336584 (electronic bk.) |
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1785336584 (electronic bk.) |
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9781782386032 |
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1782386033 |
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9781782387176 |
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178238717X |
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