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The nature of race : how scientists think and teach about human difference
Title:
The nature of race : how scientists think and teach about human difference
Author:
Morning, Ann Juanita, 1968-
ISBN:
9780520270312
Publication Information:
Berkeley [etc.] : University of California Press, 2011
Physical Description:
xiii, 310 p. ; 23 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Introduction: what is race? -- What do we know about scientific and popular concepts of race? -- Textbook race: lessons on human difference -- Teaching race: scientists on human difference -- Learning race: students on human difference -- Race concepts beyond the classroom -- Conclusion: the redemption of essentialism.
Subject:
Race
Racism in anthropology
Racism in education
Racism in textbooks