Man's most dangerous myth the fallacy of race.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Walnut Creek AltaMira 1997Edition: 6th ed., abridged student edDescription: 302 pContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0-8039-4647-3
  • 0-8039-4648-1
Subject(s):
Contents:
The origin of the concept of race -- The fallaciousness of the older anthropological conception of race -- The genetical theory of race -- The biological facts -- Natural selection and the mental capacities of humankind -- The mythology of race, or for whom the bell tolls -- Race and society -- Biological and social factors -- Psychological factors -- The creative power of ethnic mixture -- Eugenics, genetics and race -- Race and culture -- Race and war -- Race and blood -- Innate aggression and race -- Myths relating to the physical traits of Blacks -- Are the Jews a race? -- The first Americans-- The meaning of equal opportunity -- Race and democracy -- Racism and social action -- Sociocultural behavioral influences -- Intelligence, IQ, and race.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
book Library of Ethnosociology & Ethnohistory 106.272 ASE Available 1976195-20

The origin of the concept of race -- The fallaciousness of the older anthropological conception of race -- The genetical theory of race -- The biological facts -- Natural selection and the mental capacities of humankind -- The mythology of race, or for whom the bell tolls -- Race and society -- Biological and social factors -- Psychological factors -- The creative power of ethnic mixture -- Eugenics, genetics and race -- Race and culture -- Race and war -- Race and blood -- Innate aggression and race -- Myths relating to the physical traits of Blacks -- Are the Jews a race? -- The first Americans-- The meaning of equal opportunity -- Race and democracy -- Racism and social action -- Sociocultural behavioral influences -- Intelligence, IQ, and race.