The nature of race : how scientists think and teach about human difference / Ann Morning.
What do Americans think "race" means? What determines one's race, appearance, ancestry, genes, or culture? How do education, government, and business influence our views on race? To unravel these complex questions, the author takes a close look at how scientists are influencing ideas...
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2011]
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Table of Contents:
- What is race?
- What do we know about scientific and popular concepts of race?
- Textbook race: lessons on human difference
- Teaching race: scientists on human difference
- Learning race: students on human difference
- Race concepts beyond the classroom
- The redemption of essentialism.