Technology and the Logic of American Racism

by Sarah E. Chinn

Book Overview

In this book, Sarah E. Chinn pulls together what seems to be opposite discourses--the information-driven languages of law and medicine and the subjective logics of racism--to examine how racial identity has been constructed in the United States over the past century. She examines a range of primary social case studies such as the American Red Cross' lamentable decision to segregate the blood of black and white donors during World War II, and its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826447503
• ISBN13: 9780826447500
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"