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Race Unmasked: Biology and Race in the Twentieth Century

Name: Race Unmasked: Biology and Race in the Twentieth Century
Brand: Columbia University Press
SKU: 9780231168755
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Contributors:

Michael Yudell, J. Craig Venter (Foreword by)

Publisher:

Columbia University Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

Science, Social Science

Book Subcategory:

Philosophy & Social Aspects, Ethnic Studies, Life Sciences

Book Topic:

American, Genetics & Genomics

Series:

Race, Inequality, and Health #6

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Release Date:

2018-05-01

ISBN 13:

9780231168755

Weight:

0.9 lbs

Size:

8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inches

Pages:

304

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Race, while drawn from the visual cues of human diversity, is an idea with a measurable past, an identifiable present, and an uncertain future. The concept of race has been at the center of both triumphs and tragedies in American history and has had a profound effect on the human experience. Race Unmasked revisits the origins of commonly held beliefs about the scientific nature of racial differences, examines the roots of the modern idea of race, and explains why race continues to generate controversy as a tool of classification even in our genomic age.

Surveying the work of some of the twentieth century's most notable scientists, Race Unmasked reveals how genetics and related biological disciplines formed and preserved ideas of race and, at times, racism. A gripping history of science and scientists, Race Unmasked elucidates the limitations of a racial worldview and throws the contours of our current and evolving understanding of human diversity into sharp relief.

About the Author
Michael Yudell is associate professor and chair of the Department of Community Health and Prevention at the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University. He is author of the blog The Public's Health for the Philadelphia Inquirer and his prior books include Welcome to the Genome: A User's Guide to the Genetic Past, Present, and Future and The Genomic Revolution: Unveiling the Unity of Life.

Race Unmasked: Biology and Race in the Twentieth Century

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