| Description |
xv, 259 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Histories of race, difference, and racism. Introducing race ; Creating race ; Human mismeasure ; Inventing whiteness ; Separate and unequal -- Why human variation is not racial. Introduction : Race [does not equal] human biological variation ; Skin deep? ; Sickle cell disease: not for blacks only ; The apportionment of variation, or why we are all Africans under the skin ; The evolution of variation -- Living with race and racism. Introduction ; Race and the census ; Race and education ; Linking race and wealth: an American dilemma ; Race and health disparities. |
| Summary |
Featuring essays by noted anthropologists and photos from the American Anthropological Association's "RACE: Are We So Different?" project, this book explores how the notion of race has changed throughout history, as well as contemporary experiences of race and racism in the United States; how race and racism have influenced laws, customs, and social institutions; and how current scientific understanding is often inconsistent with popular beliefs about race. |
| Subject |
Race -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Race -- Social aspects.
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Racism -- United States.
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Racism.
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| Added Author |
Moses, Yolanda T.
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Jones, Joseph L.
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| ISBN |
9780470657140 paperback alkaline paper |
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0470657146 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780470657133 hardback alkaline paper |
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0470657138 hardback alkaline paper |
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