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The social life of DNA : race, reparations, and reconciliation after the genome / Alondra Nelson.
Van Pelt Library E185.625 .N45 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, Alondra, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Race identity.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--History.
- History.
- Genetics--Social aspects--United States.
- Genetics.
- Genealogy--Social aspects--United States.
- Genealogy.
- Genomics--Social aspects--United States.
- Genomics.
- Genealogy--Social aspects.
- Genetics--Social aspects.
- Genomics--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 200 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Beacon Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "The unexpected story of how genetic testing is affecting race in America, "--NoveList.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Reconciliation projects
- Ground work
- Game changer
- The pursuit of African ancestry
- Roots revelations
- Acts of reparation
- The Rosa Parks of the reparation litigation movement
- DNA diasporas
- Racial politics after the genome.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-192) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807033012
- 0807033014
- OCLC:
- 907702592
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