Race, racism and psychology : towards a reflexive history / Graham Richards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richards, Graham, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism in psychology.

Physical Description:

xxi, 511 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York NY : Psychology Press, 2011.

Summary:

In this update of the 1997 edition, Richards (retired, history of psychology, Staffordshire U., UK) examines psychology's hardly objective historical treatment of race and racism issues. Coverage includes "scientific" racism in the late 1800s, race psychology in the US, the treatment of race in British psychology, and the continuing controversy over race and IQ. New material includes an overview of recent race-related research and historiography, issues raised by liberation psychology, and a summary of linguistic issues in talk about race. The book features comments on J.P. Ruston's table of racial rankings, a list of T.R. Garth's publications relating to race psychology, and an extensive general bibliography Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The pre-evolutionary background and the roots of scientific racism

Psychology and 'scientific racism' 1860-1910

An imperial interlude : the Cambridge Torres Straits Expedition and its aftermath

'Race' in US psychology to 1945 : I. The rise and nature of 'race psychology'

'Race' in US psychology to 1945 : II. The rise of anti-racism

'Race' in European psychology to 1940 : I. Primitive minds and aryan supermen

'Race' in European psychology to 1940 : II. Its presence and absence in British psychology

'Race' in British psychology 1945-c. 1970 : a brief note

Racism at bay : psychology and 'race' 1945-69

Race and IQ 1969-2010 : still an undead controversy?

A changed landscape

Liberation psychology

Historiographical updates and new thoughts

Resume.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [429]-485) and index.

ISBN:

9780415561419

0415561418

9780415561426

0415561426

OCLC:

515427122