The Cultivation of Whiteness : Science, Health, and Racial Destiny in Australia

New York:: Basic Books, 2003. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (45.00). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. Small remainder mark. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. A study of scientific ideas about race in Australia from the early 1800s through WWII. Illustrated with many maps and photos. List of sources. Comprehensive bibliography of works cited (that fills 51 pages). Index. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "THE CULTIVATION OF WHITENESS examines the notions of 'whiteness' and racism, and introduces a whole new framework for discussion of the history of medicine and science. Anderson provides the first full account of the experimentation in the 1920s and '30s on Aboriginal people of the central deserts -- experiments whose revelation compelled a major Australian university to publicly apologize to the Aboriginal people. Lucid and compelling throughout, this pioneering historical survey of ideas will help to reshape debate on race, ethnicity, citizenship, and environment everywhere." Bound in the original tan boards with red spine, lettered in silver. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (remainder mark)./Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. x, 390pp. . …