Race and Science: Scientific Challenges to Racism in Modern America - Softcover

Farber, Paul; Cravens, Hamilton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870715763 ISBN 13: 9780870715761

Publisher: Oregon State University Press, 2009

Synopsis

During the course of American history, scientific theories have been used to legitimate racial ideas that in turn have been important in creating and interpreting the law. Race and Science collects essays from leading voices in law, history, history of science, botany, and the social sciences, resulting in a rich and comprehensive multidisciplinary exploration of the roots of and the scientific challenges to racial essentialism.
The notion that someone's racial identity and characteristics define everything of importance about them has become deeply embedded in American culture, society, and science. These essays illuminate the roots of this belief and present case studies that explore how and why natural and social scientists have challenged these racist views. Race and Science will be of interest to historians, social scientists, educators, and scientists, and others interested in racism as a phenomenon in American culture.

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About the Author

Paul Farber is OSU Distinguished Professor of History of Science Emeritus. He is the author of Finding Order in Nature: The Naturalist Tradition from Linnaeus to E. O. Wilson and The Temptations of Evolutionary Ethics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oregon State University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870715763
• ISBN 13: 9780870715761
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 234