Outcasts from Evolution: Scientific Attitudes of Racial Inferiority, 1859-1900

John S. Haller, Jr.

ISBN 10: 007025625X / ISBN 13: 9780070256255

Published by McGraw-Hill, 1975

About this Item

Large paperback, "shows how the concept of the racial inferiority of blacks became institutionalized in the most respectable scientific circles in the post-Civil War period," no significant flaws to this unmarked copy ; 228 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Outcasts from Evolution: Scientific Attitudes of Racial Inferiority, 1859-1900
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007025625X
• ISBN 13: 9780070256255
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History

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Synopsis

This book shows how the concept of the racial inferiority of blacks became institutionalized in the most respectable American scientific circles in the post-Civil War period. Ironically, the war that freed the slaves also contributed to the spread of ideas of racial inferiority, for scientists used anthropometric examinations carried out during the war on black soldiers and subsequent reports by southern physicians on the emancipated population to develop their theories.

About the Author

John S. Haller, Jr., is the author of Medical Protestants: The Eclectics in American Medicine, 1825–1939 and Farmcarts to Fords: A History of the Military Ambulance, 1790–1925, both available from Southern Illinois University Press.