Genetics and the Unsettled Past: The Collision of Dna, Race, and History

by Alondra Nelson

Book Overview

Our genetic markers have come to be regarded as portals to the past. Analysis of these markers is increasingly used to tell the story of human migration; to investigate and judge issues of social membership and kinship; to rewrite history and collective memory; to right past wrongs and to arbitrate legal claims and human rights controversies; and to open new thinking about health and well-being. At the same time, in many societies genetic evidence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813552559
• ISBN13: 9780813552552
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"