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"Race" and Racism : The Development of Modern Racism in America / by R. Perry.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perry, Richard John, 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anthropology.
- Ethnology.
- Race.
- Social structure.
- Equality.
- Human rights.
- America--History.
- America.
- Sociocultural Anthropology.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- Social Structure.
- Human Rights.
- History of the Americas.
- Local Subjects:
- Anthropology.
- Sociocultural Anthropology.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- Social Structure.
- Human Rights.
- History of the Americas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2007.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Race' and Racism examines the origins and development of racism in North America. It addresses the inception and persistence of the concept of 'race' and discusses the biology of human variance, addressing the fossil record of human evolution, the relationship between creationism and science, population genetics, 'race'-based medicine, and other related issues. The book explores the diverse ways in which people in a variety of cultures have perceived, categorized, and defined one another without reference to any concept of 'race.' It follows the history of American racism through slavery, the perceptions and treatment of Native Americans, Jim Crow laws, attitudes toward Irish and Southern European immigrants, the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the civil rights era, and numerous other topics.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 "Race": Fact or Artifact?; Chapter 2 The Biology of Human Variance; Chapter 3 Internal Cohesion and Social Boundaries; Chapter 4 How Did It Start?; Chapter 5 Intellectual and Political Sources of Racism; Chapter 6 From the Civil War to World War II; Chapter 7 From World War II to the Present; Chapter 8 Will We Ever Be Rid of It?; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611781002
- 9781281781000
- 1281781002
- 9780230609198
- 0230609198
- OCLC:
- 269676673
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