The remnants of race science UNESCO and economic development in the global south / Sebastián Gil-Riaño.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gil-Riaño, Sebastián, author.

Series:

Race, Inequality, and Health

Race, Inequality, and Health ; v.7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history.

Economic development.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY Columbia University Press [2023]

Summary:

The Remnants of Race Science traces the influence of ideas from the Global South on UNESCO's race campaign, illuminating its relationship to notions of modernization and economic development.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Remnants of Race Science

Part I: Confronting Racism in the Southern Hemisphere, 1890-1951

1. Substituting Race: Arthur Ramos, Bahia, and the "Nina Rodrigues School"

2. Relocating Race Science After World War II: Situating the 1950 UNESCO Statement on Race in the Southern Hemisphere

3. Vikings of the Sunrise: Alfred Metraux, Te Rangi Hīroa, and Polynesian Racial Resilience

Part II: Race in the Tropics and Highlands and the Quest for Economic Development, 1945-1962

4. A Tropical Laboratory: Race, Evolution, and the Demise of UNESCO's Hylean Amazon Project

5. "Peasants Without Land": Race and Indigeneity in the ILO's Puno-Tambopata Project

Part III: Engineering Racial Harmony and Decolonization, 1952-1961

6. A Brazilian Racial Dilemma: Modernization and UNESCO's Race Relations Studies in Brazil

7. A White World Perspective and the Collapse of Global Race Relations Inquiry

Conclusion: "Racism Continues to Haunt the World"

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-231-55077-4

OCLC:

1389613415