The Remnants of Race Science: UNESCO and Economic Development in the Global South - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sebasti?n Gil-Ria?oSeries:Race, Inequality, and Health #7Publish date:2023-08-29Pages:392
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231194358ISBN-10:231194358UPC:9780231194358Book Category:Social Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Race & Ethnic Relations, Development, Developing & Emerging CountriesBook Topic:Economic DevelopmentSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCGJF3WKSG
The Remnants of Race Science: UNESCO and Economic Development in the Global South
After World War II, UNESCO launched an ambitious international campaign against race prejudice. Casting racism as a problem of ignorance, it sought to reduce prejudice by spreading the latest scientific knowledge about human diversity to instill "mutual understanding" between groups of people. This campaign has often been understood as a response led by British and U.S. scientists to the extreme...
Series: Race, Inequality, and Health #7
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231194358ISBN-10:231194358UPC:9780231194358Book Category:Social Science, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Race & Ethnic Relations, Development, Developing & Emerging CountriesBook Topic:Economic DevelopmentSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCGJF3WKSG
Sebastián Gil-Riaño is an assistant professor in the History and Sociology of Science Department and the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
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