Race and Science: Scientific Challenges to Racism in Modern America

by Paul Farber and Hamilton Cravens

During the course of American history, scientific theories have been used to legitimate racial ideas that in turn have been important in creating and interpreting the law. Race and Science collects essays from leading voices in law, history, history of science, botany, and the social sciences, resulting in a rich and comprehensive multidisciplinary exploration of the roots of and the scientific challenges to racial essentialism. The notion that someone's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870715763
• ISBN13: 9780870715761
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Oregon State University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"