The science and politics of race in Mexico and the United States, 1910–1950 / Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosemblatt, Karin Alejandra, author.

Series:

North Carolina scholarship online.

North Carolina scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Social sciences.

Policy scientists--United States.

Policy scientists.

Policy scientists--Mexico.

Minorities--Government policy--United States.

Minorities.

Minorities--Government policy--Mexico.

Race--Social aspects--United States.

Race.

Race--Social aspects--Mexico.

Science--Social aspects--United States.

Science.

Science--Social aspects--Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

Summary:

"In this history of the social and human sciences in twentieth-century Mexico and the United States, Karin Alejandra Rosemblatt reveals the intricate connections among the development of science, the concept of race in North America, and policy toward indigenous peoples. Her focus is on the anthropologists, sociologists, biologists, physicians, and other experts who collaborated across borders in the midst of the Mexican Revolution through World War II, a period that saw a dynamic academic growth on both sides of the Rio Grande. Rosemblatt traces how these intellectuals forged shared networks in which they discussed indigenous peoples and other ethnic minorities, refashioning race as a scientific category and consolidating their influence within their respective national policy circles"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Liberalism, race, nation, modernity

Science and nation in an age of evolution and eugenics, 1910-1934

Mexican indigenismo and the international fraternity of science

Migration, U.S. race thinking, and Pan-American anthropology

Science and nation in an age of modernization and antiracist populism, 1930-1950

From cultural pluralism to a global science of acculturation in the United States

Cultural and economic evolution, pluralism, and categorization in Mexico

Race, culture, and class.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908540-4-9

979-88-908540-5-6

1-4696-3641-7

1-4696-3642-5

OCLC:

1029492635