(H/B) RACE, RACISM AND SCIENCE

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Science has been a double-edged sword in the racism debate. For some antiracists, science holds the promise of one day providing indisputable facts to dispel racism. Yet science has also been enlisted by proponents of racism to promote their racist beliefs. This provocative survey argues that, far from being a panacea for the scourge of racism, science is inextricably linked to the popularization of the notion of race and its resultant evils.
Of interest to students of the humanities and both the natural and social sciences, Race, Racism, and Science explains in an accessible manner the complex interplay between race, racism, and science, tracing the roots of the concept of race to the birth of modern science. Surveying the history of race-centered research from its origins in the late 18th century to the present day, the authors show how racists have borrowed heavily from the lexicon of science to justify their views.
Race, Racism, and Science is part of ABC-CLIO's Science and Society series, which demonstrates how science provides a fascinating window through which to observe Western society. Each volume contains a narrative history of the relationship between a given science and its context in specific eras; a chronology of significant events in the history of science from the 1700s to the present; biographical sketches of important scientists, officials, and other key individuals; and an annotated bibliography of key primary and secondary documents. (From the publisher)

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Series editor's preface
Prologue
The origins of racial science, antiquity
The establishment of racial typology
Race and evolution
The hardening of scientific rasicm
The retreat of scientific racism
The liberal orthodoxy
A multicultural science of race
Chronology
Glossary
Documents
Bibliography
Index
About the authors